reflex camera

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motion-picture camera design

  • motion-picture camera
    In motion-picture camera

    Most cameras now use the reflex system for viewing and focusing; in this system a mirror diverts to the viewfinder some of the light rays coming through the lens. Zoom lenses are commonly used on many cameras, as are ordinary wide-angle and telephoto lenses. The shutter is located behind the…

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  • Eadweard Muybridge
    In motion-picture technology: Principal parts

    …used today are of the reflex type. A partially reflecting mirror (beam splitter) is positioned in the door of the camera body or built into the lens itself with a parallel viewing tube. The mirror diverts to the viewfinder some of the light rays coming through the lens. This method’s…

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