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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The display shifted to what looked like a camera’s viewfinder.
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Otherwise, the gimbal remains locked on your subject in the viewfinder.
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Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
The display shifted to what looked like a camera’s viewfinder.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
Otherwise, the gimbal remains locked on your subject in the viewfinder.
—PCMAG, 4 Feb. 2025
Others struggle to clarify a long-view geopolitical panorama, with a specific subject or conflict as the viewfinder.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
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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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