cable release
nounPhotography.
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
1First 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 CompanyShutter, compound with cable release, highest speed 1/300 second.
Premo Cameras, 1914. | Canadian Kodak CompanyShutter, compound with cable release, highest speed 1/250 second.
Premo Cameras, 1914. | Canadian Kodak Company
British Dictionary definitions for cable release
cable release
noun
a short length of flexible cable, used to operate the shutter of a camera without shaking it
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