supertelephoto

1. not comparableA type of camera lens that can capture distant subjects with extreme magnification, typically with a focal length of at least 300mm.

   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

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   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

   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.

   2023 October 31, Chris Archer, Out of Time, Open Road Media, page ??

plural supertelephotos

1. colloquialA supertelephoto lens.