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shutter release

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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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The picture was taken with a wide-angle lens with a remote shutter release, so as not to disturb the fox.

From BBC Aug. 10, 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

Fellig’s shot, made at night with his box camera, flash and shutter release cord, was funny; it showed him peering into the trunk.

From New York Times Jun. 1, 2018

Her right eye had peered through the viewfinder while her index finger had hovered next to the shutter release button.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

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