Meanings
plural telezooms
- 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 612 more examples
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 75Lenses 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 ??
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