lens turret

noun

Photography.

1. a rotating device on a camera for bringing any of several lenses in front of the shutter.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lens turret¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

This has two advantages: it keeps the lens turret out of the surgeon's way, and it keeps him out of the camera's way�no surgeon gets in his own light while operating.

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In the operating theater, the TV camera's lens turret is mounted in the overhead light, directly above the surgeon's table.

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