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Asuperzoom orultrazoom lens is a type of photographiczoom lens with unconventionally largefocal length factors, typically ranging fromwide angle to extremelong lens focal lengths in one lens.[1][2] There is no clear definition of a superzoom lens, but the name generally covers lenses that have a range well above the 3× or 4× (e.g., 28-85 mm or 70-210 mm) of a standard zoom lens, with lenses being 10×, 12×, 18×, or above considered superzoom.[1]
Advantages of a superzoom lens include compositional flexibility, reduced need to swap lenses, and enhanced portability by consolidating the functionality of multiple lenses into one.[3] Due to trade-offs in the optical design, superzoom lenses are noted for having poorer optical quality at the extreme ends of their zoom ranges, often due to distortion.[4][5] The longer focal lengths are usually accompanied byoptical image stabilization in order to be usablehandheld.[6]
