viewfinder
thumb| Miniature Speed Graphic, early 1940s, 2¼ × 3¼ inch format, with focal plane shutter and four different viewfinding means: a spring back with ground glass under a flip-up cover, simple optical viewfinder on top, Kalart rangefinder on side, and sports finder consisting of flip-up wire at lensboard and flip-up peepsight on top
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10 sectionsContents
- View camera
- Mechanical finders
- Simple optical viewfinders
- Waist level (reflecting) viewfinders
- Twin-lens reflex viewfinders
- Single-lens reflex viewfinders
- Rangefinders
- Contemporary viewfinders
- See also
- References
thumb| Miniature Speed Graphic, early 1940s, 2¼ × 3¼ inch format, with focal plane shutter and four different viewfinding means: a spring back with ground glass under a flip-up cover, simple optical viewfinder on top, Kalart rangefinder on side, and sports finder consisting of flip-up wire at lensboard and flip-up peepsight on top
In photography, a viewfinder is a device on a camera that a photographer uses to determine exactly where the camera is pointed, and approximately how much of that view will be photographed. A viewfinder can be mechanical (indicating only direction and approximate view), with simple optical components, with precision optics and optical functions, or a digital accessory device used with digital cameras.