cable release
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cable release
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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Passengers struggled to open the window, he said, until he found the cable release.
From Washington Post • Jun. 28, 2022
Let’s start with a good camera, a cable release and a sturdy tripod.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2022
But then he’s the one who squeezes the bulb or the cable release to make the picture.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 17, 2020
“I had the perfect diamond ring, and I pushed the cable release and nothing happened,” he said.
From Washington Times • Jul. 22, 2017
It is equipped with our regular Planatograph lens, each one carefully tested, and the shutter is of the Kodak Ball Bearing type but supplied with bulb and tube instead of cable release.
From Premo Cameras 1914 by Canadian Kodak Company
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