zoom lens
(in a camera or motion-picture projector) a lens assembly whose focal length can be continuously adjusted to provide various degrees of magnification without any loss of focus, thus combining the features of wide-angle, normal, and telephoto lenses.
Origin of zoom lens
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How to use zoom lens in a sentence
I had a Nikon DCS-620, which was one of their early models—a hybrid Kodak-Nikon camera—and I was using a 70-200mm zoom lens.
British Dictionary definitions for zoom lens
a lens system that allows the focal length of a camera lens to be varied continuously without altering the sharpness of the image: See also telephoto lens
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