view camera

noun

a camera equipped with a lens mount and film holder that can be raised or set at an angle, a bellows that can be additionally extended, and a back that has a ground glass for focusing, used especially for portraits and landscapes.

The Novel View Camera is the latest response to the demand for something that shall be very light and very convenient.

One berg, floating on another, had been reduced by the sun to the seeming of a gigantic view camera—box, bellows and lens.

On a view camera, the level may be conveniently located on the bed which carries the lens board.

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