single-lens reflex meaning: definition, etymology

single-lens reflex

adj

Etymology From single + lens (contrasted with a twin-lens reflex camera, TLR), and reflex (“reflection”), the principle by which the image path is diverted.

Arts, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Photography 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.

single-lens reflex

noun

Etymology From single + lens (contrasted with a twin-lens reflex camera, TLR), and reflex (“reflection”), the principle by which the image path is diverted.

Arts, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Photography Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of single-lens reflex camera.

Derived terms: digital single-lens reflex
Coordinate terms: digital single-lens reflex, digital single-lens reflex camera, DSLR, P&S, point and shoot, point-and-shoot, point-and-shoot camera, point and shoot camera, PS, rangefinder, rangefinder camera, RF, single-lens reflex camera, SLR, ZLR, zoom-lens reflex