macro lens

[ mak-roh ]

noun

, Photography.

1. a lens used to bring into focus objects very close to the camera.

macro lens

noun

1. a camera lens used for close-up photography (2–10 cm)

Word History and Origins

Origin of macro lens¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

“When you’re looking at it all at 1,000 frames a second and through a macro lens, it’s like two layers of things you can’t see with the human eye,” Sheridan said.

From Seattle Times

Chasing down a comment on male-imposed expectations — and, more subtly, self-imposed ones — her macro lens swaddles everything in consumable lushness.

From Los Angeles Times

Photographer’s description: “An aquatic leaf beetle carries the weight of several raindrops, which have yet to evaporate so it can move on with its day. The raindrops refract the marsh and blue sky behind it as if looking through a prism. The photograph was taken during a slim window of time when the rising sun breached the tree line but before it hid behind solid clouds. Shot with a Canon 5D IV, Tamron 90 mm macro lens and Canon twin macro flash.”

From Seattle Times

Using a macro lens and halo light in a dark room, White experimented with the audio and volumes to explore the various patterns made in the liquid.

From BBC

Mosse booked himself into a remote ecolodge in the Ecuadorean cloud forest, and began photographing plants, lichens, mycelium and insects with a macro lens.

From New York Times