| 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. |
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
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| Noun | 1. |  reflex camera - camera that allows the photographer to view and focus the exact scene being photographedcamera, 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) |
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reflex camera
n (Phot) → Spiegelreflexkamera f
reflex camera n (Phot) → reflex f inv
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