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telephoto lens a compound camera lens in which the focal length is greater than that of a simple lens of the same dimensions and thus produces a magnified image of a distant object telephoto lens [¦tel·ə¦fōd·ō ′lenz] (optics) A lens for photographing distant objects; it is designed in a compact manner so that the distance from the front of the lens to the film plane is less than the focal length of the lens. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Armed with his telephoto lens and a great love for the the game, Colon has been perched in his spot, way out in the outfield, capturing the drama of the games of the Amateur Softball Association's season. I stacked and compressed the three layers of this image on top of each other with a long telephoto lens. Culled from fourteen hours of footage taken surreptitiously via telephoto lens at JFK, Approach has the virtue of frontal simplicity, allowing viewers to gawk their fill and wonder at the familiar strangeness of the arrivals bouncing dreamily into view. |
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