mirrorless

English

Etymology

From mirror +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪɹələs/

Adjective

mirrorless (not comparable)

1. Without a mirror.
2. (rare) Not mirrored; unreflective.
   • 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 47:

     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.

Derived terms

• mirrorless camera

 

Translations

without a mirror

• Russian: беззерка́льный (ru) (bezzerkálʹnyj)
• Swedish: spegellös (sv)

Noun

mirrorless (plural mirrorlesses)

1. (photography) 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.

Synonyms

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