- zoom lens
- `zoom ,lens noun counta piece of equipment that you attach to your camera so that you can take photographs of things that are very close or very far away
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
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zoom lens — zoom lenses N COUNT A zoom lens is a lens that you can attach to a camera, which allows you to make the details larger or smaller while always keeping the picture clear … English dictionary
zoom lens — ► NOUN ▪ a lens allowing a camera to zoom by varying the focal length … English terms dictionary
zoom lens — zoom .lens n a camera ↑lens that can change from a distant to a close view … Dictionary of contemporary English
zoom lens — zoom′ lens n. mot pht (in a camera or motion picture projector) a lens assembly whose focal length can be continuously adjusted to provide various degrees of magnification with no loss of focus • Etymology: 1935–40 … From formal English to slang
zoom lens — n. a system of lenses, as in a film or TV camera, that can be rapidly adjusted for close up shots or distance views while keeping the image in focus … English World dictionary
Zoom lens — Nikkor 28 200 mm zoom lens, extended to 200 mm at left and collapsed to 28 mm focal length at right A zoom lens is a mechanical assembly of lens elements for which the focal length (and thus angle of view) can be varied, as opposed to a fixed… … Wikipedia
zoom lens — noun a camera lens that magnifies the image • Syn: ↑telephoto lens • Hypernyms: ↑camera lens, ↑optical lens * * * noun : a camera lens in which the focal length and the image size can be varied continuously so that the image remains in focus at… … Useful english dictionary
zoom lens — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms zoom lens : singular zoom lens plural zoom lenses a piece of equipment that you fix to your camera so that you can take photographs of things that are very close or very far away … English dictionary
Zoom-lens reflex camera — Zoom lens reflex (or ZLR) cameras are similar to Single Lens Reflex (or SLR) cameras, except instead of interchangeable lenses common to SLR cameras, they have a fixed zoom lens.The term was originally coined by Olympus for the… … Wikipedia
zoom, zoom lens — In photography, to zoom is to move an adjustable camera lens toward or away from a subject, or by simulating such movement with a zoom lens, making the field of vision gradually narrower or wider. In the manipulation of a digital image,… … Glossary of Art Terms
