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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Thankfully, the macro lens found on the OnePlus 12R has been replaced with an x2 telephoto camera.
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Ewan Spence, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Ewan Spence, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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“Macro lens.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/macro%20lens. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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