supertelephoto

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ telephoto.

Adjective

supertelephoto (not comparable)

  1. A type of camera lens that can capture distant subjects with extreme magnification, typically with a focal length of at least 300mm.
    • 1945 September, “Photographic Imagination”, in Popular Photography, page 65:
      Incidentally, I don't take these supertelephoto skyline shots because I want to set new records in long-distance photography, but simply because the same exciting views cannot be taken closer to Manhattan, since interfering ridges would hide more and more of the towers.
    • 1999 November/December, Russel Hart, “Great Glass”, in American Photo, page 94:
      Professional sports and wildlife photographershave been waiting and hoping for Canon’s optical image Stabilizer technology to make an appearance in fast EF supertelephoto lenses.
    • 2023 October 31, Chris Archer, Out of Time, Open Road Media, page ??:
      Besides, I needed an excuse to test out the new birthday gift my stepdad had just given me: an X-1000 camera with special surveillance features, like a supertelephoto lens, autofocus, and an infrared filter for night photography.
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