reflex camera

[ ree-fleks kam-er-uh ]

/ ˈri flɛks ˌkæm ər ə /

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noun

a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen ) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera, or single-lens ), light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera, or twin-lens reflex ), light passes through one lens (viewing lens ) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens ) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.

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Origin of reflex camera

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby reflex camera

reflectorize, reflet, reflex, reflex angle, reflex arc, reflex camera, reflex cough, reflexed, reflex epilepsy, reflex inhibition, reflexion

How to use reflex camera in a sentence

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The camera passes to each hostage in turn to allow them to plead with the Lebanese government to let them live.
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He subtly gestured toward the direction of the camera pointed at their house.
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A leather cased camera was suspended from his bull neck by means of a strap.
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He ran from the stamping mill, his camera bobbing from the strap around his neck and his tripod dragging behind him.
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Even if I were to be shot, the reflex action of my fingers would pull the trigger of this revolver and McGinty will die.
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In this vicinity are the Burnham beeches, made known almost everywhere by the camera and the brush of the artist.
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The reflex excitability is lowered and the sensibility diminished.
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British Dictionary definitions for reflex camera

reflex camera

noun

a camera in which the image is composed and focused on a large ground-glass viewfinder screen. In a single-lens reflex the light enters through the camera lens and falls on the film when the viewfinder mirror is retracted. In a twin-lens reflex the light enters through a separate lens and is deflected onto the viewfinder screen

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