lens hood

(Photography) photog an extension piece fixed to a camera lens to shield it from a direct light source

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Noun

lens hood - a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera

hood

attachment - a supplementary part or accessory

camera, photographic camera - equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)

television camera, tv camera, camera - television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam

Translations

paraluce

lens hood

n (Phot) → paraluce m inv

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