Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A device on a camera that indicates, either optically or electronically, what will appear in the field of view of the lens.
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- noun A
device on acamera thatshows what willappear in thefield of view of thelens ; it helps the usertarget asubject ,zoom andfocus theimage
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest
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Examples
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Looking through a glass viewfinder is such a treat, though — too bad it doesn't seem to actually line up very well with the actual pictures.
Boing Boing 2009
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The viewfinder is you looking through glass; it's as fast as your eye/light will allow.
Take Better Pictures By Treating Your Still Camera Like It’s Video | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Imagine that every scene you look at through your viewfinder is overlaid with a tic-tac-toe board.
Get The Most From Your Point-and-Shoot Camera | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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It also has a manual focus ring, but unfortunately the electronic viewfinder is shite, so it’s unusable.
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I love it — its viewfinder is 100%, which means that what I see is what I’ll get.
Frequently Asked Questions | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2005
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I love it — its viewfinder is 100%, which means that what I see is what I’ll get.
Archive 2005-09-01 Homesick Texan 2005
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The viewfinder is the world's first that can switch between a classic optical view or a digital display— that is, if you choose not to use the large, crisp, 2.8-inch display on the back of the camera to frame your images.
The Non-Touristy Tourist Camera Kevin Sintumuang 2011
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There's no built-in viewfinder, which is one of the highlights of the Lumix micro four-thirds cameras.
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There's no built-in viewfinder, which is one of the highlights of the Lumix micro four-thirds cameras.
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Only after a few unsettling, disorienting moments of uncertainty does Vas reveal that the viewfinder is a surveyor's tool.
Short Film Week, Day 2: Three Free Cinema shorts Ed Howard 2007
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