How to Use viewfinder in a Sentence

viewfinder

noun
  • Like a viewfinder, the cornea takes in light and transmits it to the lens.
    Star Tribune, 21 May 2021
  • Place the screen right in front of your eyes and try to use the live footage as a viewfinder.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Through the riffle's viewfinder, Mike sees Judy's son in the crowd and drops the weapon.
    Elizabeth Montgomery, azcentral, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Work from the edges of the viewfinder into the center of the image.
    Matthew Jonas, The Know, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Every now and then, Hugo bends to look through a viewfinder.
    David Wolman, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2020
  • The image is clear to pass to the sensor, which then sends it to the LCD and electronic viewfinder.
    Brent Rose, Popular Mechanics, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Your viewfinder is the screen on the back of the camera, which shows you a live feed directly from the sensor.
    Stan Horaczek, Popular Science, 2 Jan. 2021
  • What to Consider: The viewfinder is on the smaller side.
    Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2023
  • My jaw would drop every time some poor girl got in his viewfinder.
    Benjamin Wallace, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Because of the fact that the Hero11 Black Mini doesn’t have a viewfinder, the app is more useful than ever.
    Christian De Looper, BGR, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Instead of looking through your viewfinder, take a notepad and write down your thoughts.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2020
  • Just tap on the camera viewfinder to focus on a certain point.
    Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Users hold it at waist level and look down into a viewfinder.
    Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Here, the cut-out rectangle is less a viewfinder than a shapeshifting bridge.
    Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2018
  • Meanwhile, the viewfinder shows a live image of what your telescope sees.
    Zach Epstein, BGR, 14 Aug. 2021
  • For example, in the camera app, the viewfinder will move to the upper half of the screen, with the bottom half (the base) showing controls.
    Ben Sin, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The RX100’s pop-up viewfinder can help users keep the camera steadier than when holding out the other two to see their screens.
    Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 11 May 2017
  • Long press in any text field to see the ‘Scan Text’ button and your keyboard will be replaced by the camera viewfinder.
    Gordon Kelly, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Center the document in the viewfinder and press the shutter button.
    Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The three-way tilting screen and electronic viewfinder (EVF) are quite good.
    Tom O'Brien, National Geographic, 24 Nov. 2019
  • At $240, the Nano S has a nice big viewfinder when the camera is connected to your phone (it can also be used on its own).
    Don Melanson, Popular Mechanics, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Let the natural lines in a scene guide your own eye, and be patient as the moment unfolds in your viewfinder.
    Kristen McNicholas, National Geographic, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The ring pattern on the trees activates the app and in the viewfinder, the visitor finds the image of the corresponding AR plant.
    Lila Thulin, Smithsonian, 19 July 2019
  • But even then, the hard part now is just the idea of looking through a viewfinder and filming, like, people speaking at a table.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The sideline was dangerous because a play could come right at the cameraman who could not see the play through the viewfinder.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2021
  • The interior is padded, and the viewfinder on the right side drops down and illuminates with LED lights at the press of a button.
    Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Many at the Garden missed the choke in real time; so did Gartland, because the snapping shutter blacked out the viewfinder.
    Eric Moskowitz, BostonGlobe.com, 7 May 2018
  • And the graphics were so much more than looking through a viewfinder in 2D and shooting people talking.
    Erik Morse, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The back of the camera also has a vintage-style circular eyecup around the viewfinder.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 July 2021
  • Most modern cameras have a thirds grid that can be turned on in the viewfinder to aide composition.
    The Editors, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2021

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