single-lens reflex
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single-lens reflex
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From single + lens (contrasted with a twin-lens reflex camera, TLR), and reflex (“reflection”), the principle by which the image path is diverted.
adjective single lens reflex
- Denoting or relating to a type of camera which allows the photographer to view the subject through the same lens that will be used to take a photograph, usually by incorporating a moving mirror and prism.
noun single-lens reflexes · single lens reflex
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Ellipsis of single-lens reflex camera
Similar: SLR
Translations
Every language
adj of a type of camera
| Deutsch | Spiegelreflexkamera |
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noun a camera allowing one to view through the same lens used to take a photograph
| 한국어 | 일안 반사식 카메라 iran bansasik kamera |
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| 日本語 | 一眼レフ ichigan refu |
| 中文 | 單反 /单反 dānfǎn |
| Deutsch | Spiegelreflexkamera |
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title = {single-lens reflex},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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