cable release


nounPhotography.
  1. a device consisting of a flexible wire that is pressed at one end to trip a shutter mechanism on a camera.

Origin of cable release

1
First recorded in 1955–60

Words Nearby cable release

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How to use cable release in a sentence

  • The shutter is the regular Compound, but operated with cable release instead of bulb and tube.

    Premo Cameras, 1914. | Canadian Kodak Company
  • Shutter, compound with cable release, highest speed 1/300 second.

    Premo Cameras, 1914. | Canadian Kodak Company
  • Shutter, compound with cable release, highest speed 1/250 second.

    Premo Cameras, 1914. | Canadian Kodak Company

British Dictionary definitions for cable release

cable release

noun
  1. a short length of flexible cable, used to operate the shutter of a camera without shaking it

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