cable release

noun

, Photography.

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

cable release

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cable release¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

Shutter, compound with cable release, highest speed 1/300 second.

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Shutter, compound with cable release, highest speed 1/250 second.

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