telephoto

[ tel-uh-foh-toh ]

/ ˈtɛl əˌfoʊ toʊ /

noting or pertaining to telephotography.

Origin of telephoto

1890–95; short for telephotographic; see telephotograph, -ic

Telephoto

[ tel-uh-foh-toh ]

/ ˈtɛl əˌfoʊ toʊ /

a brand of apparatus for electrical transmission of photographs.

a photograph transmitted by this apparatus.

Each time, the 1920s version of paparazzi found him and trained their telephoto lenses on his barracks.

The Last Hero |Brad Gooch |November 18, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
In this era of the telephoto lens, she can have no bad hair days for the rest of her life.

Kate's Royal Prison |Andrew Roberts |November 17, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
This in turn I have displaced with a Dallmeyer telephoto lens, mounted in aluminum, which I consider a marvelous instrument.

American Big-Game Hunting |Various
This particular lens has the telephoto range, and, at the same time, it works with the minimum of illumination.

In Jeopardy |Van Tassel Sutphen

A telephoto attachment increases the photographer's power of rendering distant details on a large scale.

How to Observe in Archaeology |Various
Olear finally consented to speak a few words for the Telephoto News Co.

Astounding Stories, June, 1931 |Various
Ill see to the provisions, exclaimed the younger enthusiastically, and I shall take my telephoto for the summit.

Incredible Adventures |Algernon Blackwood