Timeline for What is the difference between a telephoto lens and a zoom lens?
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| Feb 26, 2019 at 22:26 | comment | added | rackandboneman | Also, some 70-200mm zooms might not be actual telephoto lenses, since they are a good 200mm long when at maximum focal lengths.... | |
| Sep 29, 2014 at 15:55 | comment | added | user13451 | Easy example of a telephoto lens - putting a 2x teleconverter on a 200mm lens to make it 400mm lens without adding another 200mm of optics. On the flip side, many wide lenses are a retrofocus design. | |
| Apr 22, 2011 at 4:03 | comment | added | Jerry Coffin | Just a quick note that these are based on a sensor/film size somewhere close to the APS-C to 35mm size range. On a large format camera, a 50mm lens is a very wide angle lens. On a really small sensor like a typical P&S digital uses, a 50mm is a pretty long telephoto (angle of view equivalent to ~200-300 mm on a 35mm). | |
| Apr 22, 2011 at 2:34 | comment | added | Kirk Woll | Great answer. Thanks for the systematic comparison of the different permutations. I found it very helpful. | |
| Apr 22, 2011 at 2:08 | history | edited | Christian Chapman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 22, 2011 at 2:01 | history | answered | Christian Chapman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |