A lens suitable for taking photographs unusually close to the subject.
〔摄〕微距镜头
Example sentencesExamples
He adjusts the focus of the Carl Zeiss 120 mm macro lens, which allows him to work very close up.
With smaller animals and reptiles that are behind wire or in glass enclosures, you can even work with macro lenses.
So I traded in the microscope for a macro lens and the telescope for a telephoto.
The photography workshoppers are all sporting monster macro lenses for the day, while I have decided to stay with wide-angle and the big scene - perhaps to take some pictures of the other divers taking pictures.
One evening when I was moving along at a snail's pace underwater on a coral reef in the Red Sea, searching for small subjects for my macro lens, I spotted a lovely sea anemone of a kind I had not seen before.
Definition of macro lens in US English:
macro lens
noun
Photography
A lens suitable for taking photographs unusually close to the subject.
〔摄〕微距镜头
Example sentencesExamples
The photography workshoppers are all sporting monster macro lenses for the day, while I have decided to stay with wide-angle and the big scene - perhaps to take some pictures of the other divers taking pictures.
He adjusts the focus of the Carl Zeiss 120 mm macro lens, which allows him to work very close up.
One evening when I was moving along at a snail's pace underwater on a coral reef in the Red Sea, searching for small subjects for my macro lens, I spotted a lovely sea anemone of a kind I had not seen before.
So I traded in the microscope for a macro lens and the telescope for a telephoto.
With smaller animals and reptiles that are behind wire or in glass enclosures, you can even work with macro lenses.