zoom lens

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zu(ː)m lɛnz/

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Noun

zoom lens (plural zoom lenses)

1. (photography) A lens containing a mechanical assembly of inner lenses, allowing the focal length to be changed rapidly.
   • 1981 October 26, The J. Geils Band, “Freeze-Frame”, in Freeze-Frame:

     Now I’m looking at a flashback Sunday.
     Zoom lens feelings just won’t disappear.
     Close-up darkroom sweet-talk in my ear.

Derived terms

• telezoom

Translations

lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed

Danish: zoomlinse c, zoomobjektiv n, transfokallinse c Faroese: fjarlinsa f, telelinsa f Finnish: zoom-objektiivi French: zoom (fr) m, objectif à focale variable m German: Zoomobjektiv (de) n Hungarian: zoomobjektív (hu) Icelandic: aðdráttarlinsa (is) f Italian: zoom (it) m, trasfocatore (it) m Japanese: ズームレンズ (zūmu-renzu) Korean: 줌렌즈 (jumnenjeu) Maori: arotahi topa Norwegian: Bokmål: zoomobjektiv n, zoomlinse m or f, zoom (no) Nynorsk: zoomobjektiv n, zoomlinse f, zoom Portuguese: zoom (pt) m, zum (pt) m Swedish: zoomobjektiv (sv) n

See also

• normal lens
• prime lens
• telephoto lens
• wide-angle lens