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zoom lens

camera lens with a variable focal length
Class type of: camera lens Q220310

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
lens type
Subclass of
camera lens[2]
Part of
photo equipment[3]
Different from
Zum, long-focus lens[8][9]
Has characteristic
flexibility, zoom factor[6][7]
Opposite of
prime lens[4]
P14541
MTnbJ[10]
Used by
zooming[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en zoom lens ar عدسة تزويم ar عدسة متغيرة البعد البؤري ar عدسة زووم cs transfokální objektiv cs transfokátor cs zoom cs zoom objektiv cs objektiv se zoomem da zoomobjektiv el Φακός Ζουμ es lente de zoom fa لنز زوم fi Zoom-objektiivi he עדשה מקרבת he עדשה משתנה he עדשת זום hu gumiobjektív hu gumilencse hu gumioptika
🔖 Identifiers · 26
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85149999
OpenAlex ID
C2777750367
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Canon EOS 400D shot with Panasonic FZ5.jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300022681
BabelNet ID
00076407n
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
gummilinse
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
463503
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
technology/zoom-lens
Freebase ID
/m/01zh4t
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
zoom
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0152168
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
zoomobjektiv_-_fotografi
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Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1900645
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
varioob-ektiv-d40665
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
zoom-lenses
Lex ID
zoomobjektiv
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777750367
Museum-digital tag ID
6783
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007536542105171
Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging
10918
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
4002045
Reddit topic ID
zoom_lens
ScienceDirect topic ID
earth-and-planetary-sciences/zoom-lens
Topic's main category
Category:Zoom lenses
Yale LUX ID
concept/94408bbc-51d2-4a9d-92a1-3b8b7bec098d
Zhihu topic ID
19925686

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🔗 Connections
Subtypes 24
Canon EF 70–200mm lens, Canon EF-S 18–55mm lens, Canon EF-S 17–55mm lens, Canon EF 17–40mm lens, Canon EF-S 10-22mm F3.5-4.5 USM, Canon EF 16–35mm lens, Canon EF 24–105mm lens, Canon EF 24–70mm lens +16 more
Different from 1
long-focus lens
Named after 1
pan–tilt–zoom camera
Opposite of 1
prime lens
Part of 1
photo equipment
Subclass of 1
camera lens
Used by 1
zooming
← Different from 1
long-focus lens
← Opposite of 1
prime lens
← Uses 1
zooming
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Summary

zoom lens is a lens type[1].

Body

Influence

Things named for zoom lens include pan–tilt–zoom camera[11].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include pan–tilt–zoom camera[11].

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  1. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → MTnbJ
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Zum, long-focus lens
    Subclass of → camera lens
    Used by → zooming
    Opposite of → prime lens
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007536542105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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