macro lensn.1
/ˈmakrəʊ lɛnz/, U.S. /ˈmækroʊ ˌlɛnz/ Photography.
A lens suitable for taking photographs unusually close to the subject.
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portrait lens1852
short-focus lens1862
periscope1865
rectilinear1867
pantoscope1868
wide-angle1868
long lens1876
apochromatic1887
anastigmat1890
concentric lens1890
euryscope1890
landscape lens1890
rectigraph1890
symmetrical1890
concentric1893
telelens1893
telephoto1894
monocle1897
stigmat1901
stigmatic1902
Long Tom1910
zoom lens1932
Panavision1955
teleconverter1959
macro lens1961
zoom1969
macro1971
1961 L. A. Mannheim tr. O. R. Croy Camera Close Up 85 The maximum aperture of a macro-lens depends..on its design.
1974 Amateur Photographer 29 May 8/1 The picture on the left could only have been taken with a macro lens.
1988 Pract. Photogr. Sept. 78/1 A proper macro lens will reproduce an image on film at a ratio of 1:1, which means life-sized.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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