macro lens
noun
: a camera lens designed to focus at very short distances with up to life-size magnification of the image
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In both dials, the pattern becomes more of a texture when seen at time-telling distance, but under the loupe—or our macro lens—the texture is downright fascinating.
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Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2024
The macro lens is equally unimpressive, rendering dark and pixelated images.
—Sarah Lord, PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
Photographed with a 90-mm macro lens off Bunaken Island in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2024
Kovacs uses his camera, a macro lens and those strobe lights to photograph them in stunning detail.
—Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
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Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2024
The macro lens is equally unimpressive, rendering dark and pixelated images.
—Sarah Lord, PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
Photographed with a 90-mm macro lens off Bunaken Island in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2024
Kovacs uses his camera, a macro lens and those strobe lights to photograph them in stunning detail.
—Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
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“Macro lens.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/macro%20lens. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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