Telephotography

noun

1. The process or technique of photographing distant objects, using a telephoto lens on a camera.
2. The technique or process of transmitting charts, pictures, and photographs over a distance.
3. The art of photographing distant objects by means of telescopic lenses and a camera specially designed for the purpose. See telephote, 2, and telephotographic lens.
4. The art (not yet attained) of producing a photograph of an object distant and invisible from the camera, by means of electrical connections with a suitable apparatus situated near the object.
5. The photography of distant objects in more enlarged form than is possible by the ordinary means, usually by a camera provided with a telephoto lens or mounted in place of the eyepiece of a telescope, so that the real or a magnified image falls on the sensitive plate.