single-lens reflex
Meanings
adj
- Denoting or relating to a type of camera which allows the photographer to view the subject through the same lens that will be used to take a photograph, usually by incorporating a moving mirror and prism.
noun
- Clipping of single-lens reflex camera.
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Etymology
From single + lens (contrasted with a twin-lens reflex camera, TLR), and reflex (“reflection”), the principle by which the image path is diverted.
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