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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
(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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re′flex cam`era


n.
a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer after being reflected by a mirror or passing through a prism.
[1925–30]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.reflex camera - camera that allows the photographer to view and focus the exact scene being photographedreflex 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)
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Translations

reflex camera

n (Phot) → Spiegelreflexkamera f
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reflex camera

n (Phot) → reflex f inv
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