telephoto lens

English

Noun

telephoto lens (plural telephoto lenses)

1. (photography) A lens having a long focal length which produces a magnified view of distant objects.
2. (photography) A lens which produces a magnified view of distant objects and which is sufficiently compact to have a physical length shorter than its focal length (as distinct from a long-focus lens).

Synonyms

• long lens, narrow-angle lens, telephotographic lens

Translations

telephoto lens

• Bulgarian: телеобектив m (teleobektiv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 望遠鏡頭／望远镜头 (wàngyuǎn jìngtóu), 長焦距鏡頭／长焦距镜头 (chángjiāojù jìngtóu)

• Danish: teleobjektiv n, telelinse c
• Finnish: kauko-objektiivi, teleobjektiivi
• French: téléobjectif (fr) m
• German: Teleobjektiv (de) n, Tele (de) n (informal)
• Hungarian: teleobjektív (hu)
• Maori: arotahi whakatata
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: teleobjektiv n, telelinse m or f

  Nynorsk: teleobjektiv n, telelinse f

• Polish: teleobiektyw (pl) m

See also

• normal lens
• long-focus lens
• wide-angle lens

References

• “telephoto lens”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.