Telephotography

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Telephotography \Tel`e*pho*tog"ra*phy\, n.
     1. The photography of distant objects in more enlarged form
        than is possible by the ordinary means, usually by a
        camera provided with a {telephoto lens} or mounted in
        place of the eyepiece of a telescope, so that the real or
        a magnified image falls on the sensitive plate.


        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. Art or process of electrically transmitting and
        reproducing photographic or other pictures at a distance,
        especially by methods similar to those used in electric
        telegraphy.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. Less properly, phototelegraphy.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  telephotography
       n 1: transmission and reproduction of photographs and charts and
            pictures over a distance
       2: photography using a telephoto lens