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focusing screen

focusing screen noun: a flat translucent material found in a system camera that allows the photographer to preview the framed image in a viewfinder.

Noun

focusing screen (plural focusing screens)

  1. A flat translucent material found in a system camera that allows the photographer to preview the framed image in a viewfinder.
    • Once the microgrid and split-image rangefinder became the major focusing controls, the focusing screen itself became a secondary or even tertiary focusing area and was/is generally ignored by many users.1993 July, Herbert Keppler, “SLR: Have manufacturers fouled up viewing screens for technological progress?”, in Popular Photography, volume 57, number 3, page 17
    • You can always see the covered area on the focusing screen regardless what the subject distance might be or what close-up accessories are used.2012, Ernst Wildi, The Medium Format Advantage, →ISBN, page 183

Forms of focusing screen

pluralfocusing screens

Questions about focusing screen

What does focusing screen mean?
Focusing screen means a flat translucent material found in a system camera that allows the photographer to preview the framed image in a viewfinder.
What part of speech is focusing screen?
Focusing screen is a noun.
What is the plural of focusing screen?
The plural of focusing screen is focusing screens.

Words near focusing screen in the dictionary

  1. focusers
  2. focuses
  3. focusing
  4. focusing cloth
  5. focusing cloths
  6. focusing screen
  7. focusing screens
  8. focusings
  9. focusless
  10. focuslessness
  11. focussable

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