Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

supertelephoto

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: su-pertele-pho-to
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

A type of camera lens that can capture distant subjects with extreme magnification, typically with a focal length of at least 300mm.

noun

A supertelephoto lens.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"Incidentally, I don't take these supertelephoto skyline shots because I want to set new records in long-distance photography, but simply because the same exciting views cannot be taken closer to Manhattan, since interfering ridges would hide more and more of the towers."
"Professional sports and wildlife photographershave been waiting and hoping for Canon’s optical image Stabilizer technology to make an appearance in fast EF supertelephoto lenses."
"Besides, I needed an excuse to test out the new birthday gift my stepdad had just given me: an X-1000 camera with special surveillance features, like a supertelephoto lens, autofocus, and an infrared filter for night photography."

Etymology

From super- + telephoto.

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

supertelephotos (plural)

Questions

What does supertelephoto mean?: A type of camera lens that can capture distant subjects with extreme magnification, typically with a focal length of at least 300mm.
Where does supertelephoto come from?: From super- + telephoto.

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