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mirrorless

adj, noun — 3 senses

mirrorless

adj

UK /ˈmɪɹələs/

Etymology From mirror + -less.

1

Without a mirror.

2

Rare Not mirrored; unreflective.

  • one would discover in her eyes, large, protruding and clear, that mirrorless look of polished metals which report not so much the object as the movement of the object.1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 47:
Derived terms
mirrorless camera, mirrorlessness

mirrorless

noun

Etymology From mirror + -less.

1

Arts, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Photography A mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera, similar to a digital SLR, but usually made smaller by incorporating an electronic viewfinder instead of a mirror and prism.

Synonyms
compact system camera, CSC, mirrorless system camera, MSC, digital single lens mirrorless, DSLM, digital interchangeable-lens system camera, electronic viewfinder with interchangeable lens, EVIL

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