viewfinder
noun
view·find·er
ˈvyü-ˌfīn-dər 
: a device on a camera for showing the area of the subject to be included in the picture
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Position the first page of your document in the viewfinder, and it should be automatically snapped.
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David Nield, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025
The viewfinders, designed to alleviate red-green colorblindness, have special lenses to enable people with colorblindness to see a broad range of clear, vibrant colors, a statement said.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
One of the views also seems to show the display being used as a camera viewfinder, which seems like the most obvious feature to add.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Weighing just over 1 oz (30 g) and about the size of a film roll, the tiny Charmera features a viewfinder, an LCD screen, a Type-C port for charging and transferring your shots, a flash, and a microSD card slot for up to 128 GB of storage.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2025
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David Nield, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025
The viewfinders, designed to alleviate red-green colorblindness, have special lenses to enable people with colorblindness to see a broad range of clear, vibrant colors, a statement said.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
One of the views also seems to show the display being used as a camera viewfinder, which seems like the most obvious feature to add.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Weighing just over 1 oz (30 g) and about the size of a film roll, the tiny Charmera features a viewfinder, an LCD screen, a Type-C port for charging and transferring your shots, a flash, and a microSD card slot for up to 128 GB of storage.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2025
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viewfinder
noun
view·find·er
ˈvyü-ˌfīn-dər
: a device on a camera that shows the view to be included in the picture
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