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shutter release

American  

noun

Photography.
  1. a button or similar device used to actuate a camera shutter.


Etymology

Origin of shutter release

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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I attached my lens to a clamp to keep it still and used a remote shutter release.

From BBC Dec. 29, 2024

The exhibition opens with a famous self-portrait of Kwame Brathwaite staring ahead at his subject, lips slightly parted in wonder, one hand holding the shutter release cable of his Rolleiflex camera.

From New York Times Nov. 23, 2022

Composing and capturing a scene through a viewfinder while pressing a shutter release is part of the essence of photography, and you can’t do that with a phone yet.

From Seattle Times Jun. 27, 2022

The arm swings with precision to different angles and snaps away using a mechanical finger on the shutter release.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2019

With his index finger, he found the shutter release.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

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