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telephoto lens; zoom lens
A camera lens with a long focal length that magnifies distant subjects, making them appear closer. Used in photography for wildlife, sports, and portrait work.
望遠レンズで鳥を撮影する。
I photograph birds with a telephoto lens.
運動会のために望遠レンズを買った。
I bought a telephoto lens for the sports day event.
望遠レンズは焦点距離が長いため、手ブレしやすいので三脚があると便利だ。
Because telephoto lenses have a long focal length and are prone to camera shake, a tripod is useful.
Composed of 望遠 (seeing far, telescopic) and レンズ (lens, from English). A standard photography term understood by most Japanese speakers.
USAGE:
Commonly encountered in photography discussions, electronics stores, and when attending events like school sports days (運動会) where parents often use telephoto lenses to photograph their children from the stands.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 望遠レンズで撮る: to shoot with a telephoto lens
- 望遠レンズを装着する: to attach a telephoto lens
- 超望遠レンズ: super telephoto lens
- 望遠レンズの手ブレ補正: telephoto lens image stabilization
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 広角レンズ: wide-angle lens — captures a wider field of view, the opposite of a telephoto lens
- 単焦点レンズ: prime lens — a lens with a fixed focal length, which may or may not be telephoto
- 望遠鏡: telescope — a viewing device for distant objects, not a camera lens