Meaning

1 senses
  1. A device on a camera that shows what will appear in the field of view of the lens; it helps the user target a subject, zoom and focus the image.

    Sucher

    видоиска́тельvidoiskátelʹ, визи́рvizír

    видошука́чvydošukáč, візи́рvizýr

    optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest

Examples

1 sentences
  1. He looked through the viewfinder, zoomed in and panned across the area.

    ruОн посмотрел в видоискатель, увеличил масштаб и панорамировал местность.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
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device on a camera:
Русский
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device on a camera:
Deutsch
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device on a camera:

Origin

From view + finder.

From view + finder.

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Forms

plural: viewfinders
Singularviewfinder
Pluralviewfinders

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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