viewfinder
noun
view·find·er
ˈvyü-ˌfīn-dər 
: a device on a camera for showing the area of the subject to be included in the picture
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Virginia State Parks hosted an unveiling event earlier this year, inviting people who are colorblind to experience the viewfinders firsthand.
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Natalie Bennett, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2024
The shutter release is a rectangular button, positioned at the front of the camera, below the viewfinder.
—PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
Peer through the device’s viewfinder while scanning the room with its infrared light.
—Stack Commerce, Popular Science, 10 Oct. 2024
Still, Lindbergh would sometimes remove the face from his viewfinder to focus on a gorgeous sweep of fabric, or an architectural volume.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Natalie Bennett, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2024
The shutter release is a rectangular button, positioned at the front of the camera, below the viewfinder.
—PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
Peer through the device’s viewfinder while scanning the room with its infrared light.
—Stack Commerce, Popular Science, 10 Oct. 2024
Still, Lindbergh would sometimes remove the face from his viewfinder to focus on a gorgeous sweep of fabric, or an architectural volume.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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viewfinder
noun
view·find·er
ˈvyü-ˌfīn-dər
: a device on a camera that shows the view to be included in the picture
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