telezoom

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noun

A zoom lens that adjusts through telephoto lengths.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nountelezoom (plural telezooms)

plural telezooms

  1. A zoom lens that adjusts through telephoto lengths.

    It's unusually compact for a 3.6X telezoom.

    2005 September, Popular Photography, volume 69, number 9, page 61
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    A 75-205mm telezoom, say, can replace at least two lenses in your camera bag, and in the case of Soligor or Quantaray lenses, can be had for under $250.

    1978 December, Popular Science, volume 213, number 6, page 75

    Lenses for 300mm and above qre require for distant shots, while a 70 × 200 telezoom will be long enough for closer action.

    2010, Lee Frost, Take Better Photos: Teach Yourself, Hodder & Stoughton, page ??

Origin

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