レフレックスカメラ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English reflex camera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ɸɯ̟ɾe̞k̚kɯ̟sɨka̠me̞ɾa̠]

Noun

レフレックスカメラ • (refurekkusu kamera) 

1. reflex camera
   • 1983 February 22, “Buronika, kogata keiryō no 6x7-han ichigan refu kamera o sangatsu chūjun hatsubai [Bronica to release compact, lightweight 6x7 format single-lens reflex camera in mid-March]”, in Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun, page 6:

     型(かた)式(しき)は、６(ろく)×７(なな)判(はん)レンズシャッター式(しき)一(いち)眼(がん)レフレックスカメラ。シャッターレリーズは電(でん)磁(じ)レリーズ式(しき)で巻(ま)き上(あ)げは７(なな)ランク式(しき)。

     Katashiki wa, roku×nana-han renzu shattā-shiki ichigan refurekkusu kamera. Shattā rerīzu wa denji rerīzu-shiki de makiage wa nana-ranku-shiki.

     The model is a 6x7 format lens-shutter single-lens reflex camera. The shutter release is electromagnetic, and the winding is of the rank-7 type.

   • 1991 September 9, “Kamera Gyararī Nakagawa Kuniaki cho [Camera Gallery by Kuniaki Nakagawa]”, in Mainichi Shimbun, page 9:

     フリーのカメラマンである著(ちょ)者(しゃ)は、写(しゃ)真(しん)術(じゅつ)の歴(れき)史(し)をアンティック・カメラをはじめとする自(じ)身(しん)の豊(ほう)富(ふ)なコレクションの図(ず)版(はん)を中(ちゅう)心(しん)に振(ふ)り返(かえ)っている。このカメラは１９１８年(ねん)ころに使(つか)われたレフレックスカメラ。

     Furī no kameraman de aru chosha wa, shashinjutsu no rekishi o Antikku kamera o hajime to suru jishin no hōfu na korekushon no zuhan o chūshin ni furikaetteiru. Kono kamera wa １９１８-nen koro ni tsukawareta refurekkusu kamera.

     The author, a freelance photographer, relates the history of photography using the Antik camera, including images selected from his own extensive collection. This camera, introduced around 1918, is a reflex camera.

See also

• 一眼(いちがん)レフ (ichigan refu, “SLR camera”)