telezoom

English

Etymology

From tele- ‎ zoom.

Noun

telezoom (plural telezooms)

1. A zoom lens that adjusts through telephoto lengths.
   • 1978 December, Popular Science, volume 213, number 6, page 75:

     A 75-205mm telezoom, say, can replace at least two lenses in your camera bag, and in the case of Soligor or Quantaray lenses, can be had for under $250.

   • 2005 September, Popular Photography, volume 69, number 9, page 61:

     It's unusually compact for a 3.6X telezoom.

   • 2010, Lee Frost, Take Better Photos: Teach Yourself, Hodder & Stoughton, page ??:

     Lenses for 300mm and above qre require for distant shots, while a 70 × 200 telezoom will be long enough for closer action.