viewfinder
Photographer's framing device
A viewfinder is the small window or screen on a camera through which you compose a shot before taking it.
On older cameras, it's an optical eyepiece; on digital cameras, it may be an electronic display.
The viewfinder shows approximately what the lens will capture: She raised the camera to her eye and framed the shot through the viewfinder.
Mirror-reflex digital camera
- rangefinderInstrument measuring observer-to-target distance
- pentaprismFive-faced reflecting optic
- eyepieceLens you look through
- opticalOf vision or light
LCD · electronic · framing · composing · parallax · magnification · diopter · grid
Light-focusing curved glass
- prismLight-splitting optical element
- mirrorReflective viewing surface
- glassTransparent solid from sand
- eyepieceLens you look through
diopter · magnifier · loupe · optics · refraction · pentaprism · ground-glass · coating
Keenness of edge, mind, or image
- clarityState of being understandable
- autofocusSelf-adjusting lens clarity
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- macroRecorded command sequence
contrast · aperture · zoom · adjustment · focusing · magnification · peaking · confirmation
DSLR
Mirror-reflex digital camera
- rangefinderInstrument measuring observer-to-target distance
- pentaprismFive-faced reflecting optic
- eyepieceLens you look through
optical · LCD · electronic · framing · composing · parallax · magnification · diopter · grid · overlay
lens
Light-focusing curved glass
- prismLight-splitting optical element
- mirrorReflective viewing surface
- glassTransparent solid from sand
eyepiece · diopter · magnifier · loupe · optics · refraction · pentaprism · ground-glass · coating · transmission
sharpness
Keenness of edge, mind, or image
- clarityState of being understandable
- autofocusSelf-adjusting lens clarity
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
macro · contrast · aperture · zoom · adjustment · focusing · magnification · peaking · confirmation
composition
Arranged elements forming whole
border · edge · frame · gridlines · horizon · leveling · perspective · scene · shot · vantage
- findersrangefinder, pathfinder
- optical devicestelescope, lens, magnifying glass, binoculars, microscope
- film photography35mm film, camera, roll film, lens, negatives
- optics partslens, eyepiece, objective, objective lens, ocular
- visionsharp, eye, visual perception, sight, eyes
- Film Productiondirector, producer, editor, cameraman, crew
viewfinderLCD screen
Light-modulating pixel grid
monitor · touchscreen · touchscreen display · external monitor