viewfinder
- noun
- /ˈvjuːˌfaɪndər/
- The photographer adjusted the settings while looking through the viewfinder to frame the perfect shot.
- camera viewfinder
- look through the viewfinder
- see through the viewfinder
For some reason in the viewfinder the foundation looks too dark.
- For some reason in the viewfinder the foundation looks too dark.
- But I'm so far I've just been using the the viewfinder for now and that really works.
- I'm literally just looking in the viewfinder of the camera.
- I don't quite know how this looks until I added it, but in the viewfinder it looks really nice.
- And then we have a deluxe applicator Mitt and I just looked in the viewfinder.
- And this has a this is this is confusing because you'll notice has these two, it seems seems to have two viewfinders, which is like, that's weird.
- This new eye control autofocus where the sensor actually tracks your iris within the viewfinder and focuses where you're looking.
Examples
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Looking through the viewfinder, she crosses a gully between a pipeline piling and a rock formation.
Fiction book (1993) -
When the bike came over the hill into my viewfinder, I shot the image.
Academic text (1996) -
When I look in my viewfinder, that looks really, really good.
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For some reason in the viewfinder the foundation looks too dark.
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Look through the camera viewfinder and move around until you see about the same subject matter.
Academic text (1999) -
But just what I'm seeing right here through the viewfinder is kind of crazy, like the light behind it.
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The man looked through the camera's viewfinder at a pile of rotten boards.
Fiction book (2000) -
The next thing I saw in the viewfinder was the rider sprawled in the dirt.
Academic text (1996) -
Looking through the viewfinder, simply rotate the pots to find a composition.
Academic text (2010) -
I ignored her and scanned the interior of the clinic with the viewfinder of my camera.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
A device on a gun that helps you aim
A small part on a camera or telescope that shows you where to point it
A small lens you look through on a microscope or telescope
How Precise
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Viewfinder combines view ('what you can see') and finder ('one who finds'). It is like a small 'window' you look through to 'find' and 'frame' the picture before you take it, so that it helps you choose exactly what to photograph.