supertelephoto
supertelephoto adjective: a type of camera lens that can capture distant subjects with extreme magnification, typically with a focal length of at least 300mm.
Adjective
supertelephoto (not comparable)
- A type of camera lens that can capture distant subjects with extreme magnification, typically with a focal length of at least 300mm.
- 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.1945 September, “Photographic Imagination”, in Popular Photography, page 65
- 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.1999 November/December, Russel Hart, “Great Glass”, in American Photo, page 94
Noun
supertelephoto (plural supertelephotos)
- A supertelephoto lens.
Forms of supertelephoto
| plural | supertelephotos |
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Origin of supertelephoto
From super- + telephoto.
Questions about supertelephoto
- What does supertelephoto mean?
- Supertelephoto means a type of camera lens that can capture distant subjects with extreme magnification, typically with a focal length of at least 300mm.
- What part of speech is supertelephoto?
- Supertelephoto can be an adjective or a noun.
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