single-lens reflex

Meaning

Adj

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.

Noun

Abbreviation of single-lens reflex camera.

Translations

Spiegelreflexkamera

spiegelreflexcamera

Etymology

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