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zoom lens

UK/zu(ː)m lɛnz/US/zu(ː)m lɛnz/
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A zoom lens is a lens whose angle of view can be changed. Fit a zoom lens.

It replaces several fixed lenses at some cost in sharpness and in light. A zoom lens saves changing lenses, which matters most where dust or rain is the real risk.

The original uploader was Marc Lacoste at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 2.5

Definitions of zoom lens

  1. 1nounzoom lensA lens whose angle of view can be changed.B2

    “The zoom lens covered everything from a room to a rooftop.”

zoom lens is a lens.

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