[f. Gr. τῆλε afar off + PHOTOGRAPHIC a.
This word is properly formed and clearly expresses its meaning; its use and that of its derived group (see prec.), has practically superseded that of TELEPHOTOGRAPH1 and its derivatives coinciding in form with these, which were differently composed, and of quite different application.]
Of, pertaining to, or used in the photographing of distant objects, within the field of sight but beyond the limits of distinct vision, esp. in telephotographic lens, a lens or combination of lenses for this purpose. (Invented by Dallmeyer, 1891.)
1892. T. R. Dallmeyer, Paper read to Camera Club, 10 March. A compound Telephotographic Lens.
1892. Daily News, 26 Sept., 2/6. A remarkable view of Mont Blanc taken at a distance of 56 miles, with Dallmeyer’s *tele-photographic lens.
1892. Nature, 15 Dec., 161/2. In the simple telephotographic lens the anterior element, which is of large aperture and short focus, is a positive lens, while the posterior is negative, and of a fractional part of the focal length of the former lens.
1904. Archæol. Surv. Ceylon, Epigr. Zeylanica, I. p. iv. The new telephotographic apparatus should be used for inscriptions on which an ordinary camera cannot be brought to bear.
1906. Athenæum, 3 March, 268/2. Khan Tengri from the south, the telephotographic view of the same peak from the north.
