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mirrorless en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɪɹələs/ (UK)

Etymology

From mirror + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Without a mirror.
  2. (not-comparable, rare) Not mirrored; unreflective.
    • one would discover in her eyes, large, protruding and clear, that mirrorless look of polished metals which report not so much the object as the movement of the object. 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 47:

Deriveds

mirrorless camera · mirrorlessness

Translations (2)

sv spegellös (without a mirror) · ru беззерка́льный (without a mirror)

mirrorless en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɪɹələs/ (UK)

Etymology

From mirror + -less.

Meanings

  1. A mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera, similar to a digital SLR, but usually made smaller by incorporating an electronic viewfinder instead of a mirror and prism.

Forms

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Synonyms

MSC · digital interchangeable-lens system camera · CSC · mirrorless system camera · compact system camera · DSLM · digital single lens mirrorless · EVIL · electronic viewfinder with interchangeable lens