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shutter release

American  

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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I attached my lens to a clamp to keep it still and used a remote shutter release.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2024

The exhibition opens with a famous self-portrait of Kwame Brathwaite staring ahead at his subject, lips slightly parted in wonder, one hand holding the shutter release cable of his Rolleiflex camera.

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 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

In his right hand, he’d hold the shutter release and a toy of some kind, which he’d shake and rattle to get our attention.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

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