reflex camera

reflex camera

n.

A camera fitted with a mirror that reflects the image of an object or a scene onto a viewing screen so that focus, lighting, and composition may be evaluated.

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reflex camera

n

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) a camera in which the image is composed and focused on a large ground-glass viewfinder screen. In a single-lens reflex the light enters through the camera lens and falls on the film when the viewfinder mirror is retracted. In a twin-lens reflex the light enters through a separate lens and is deflected onto the viewfinder screen

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

reflex camera - camera that allows the photographer to view and focus the exact scene being photographed 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)

Translations

reflex camera

n (Phot) → Spiegelreflexkamera f

reflex camera n (Phot) → reflex f inv

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reflex camera n (Phot) → reflex f inv