single-lens reflex

Meanings

Adjective

• 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

Related

Similar words

• SLR

Origin

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