view camera

American  

noun

1. a camera equipped with a lens mount and film holder that can be raised or set at an angle, a bellows that can be additionally extended, and a back that has a ground glass for focusing, used especially for portraits and landscapes.

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Example Sentences

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says if the rear view camera image doesn’t display, it can cut driver visibility and increase the risk of a crash.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023

The photographs precede her pivotal shift in 1981 to a tripod-mounted view camera, which produced negatives that retain sharp detail when enlarged to near life-size, allowing viewers to feel they had entered the scene.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2023

Google says it plans to add this feature soon, as well as a web app that will let you view camera feeds and perform other smart home actions from a computer.

From The Verge • Oct. 5, 2021

A programming flaw could disrupt communication causing illumination of several warning lights and malfunction of electronic components, it said, including “the rear view camera display, turn signals and windshield wipers.”

From Reuters • Dec. 15, 2020

She lugged the view camera downtown to photograph a rusty bridge stretching over the spot where the three rivers collided.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng