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focusing screens

focusing screens is the plural of focusing screen.

Meaning of focusing screen

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

Questions about focusing screens

What is focusing screens the plural of?
Focusing screens is the plural of focusing screen.

Words near focusing screens in the dictionary

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

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