How to Use viewfinder in a Sentence

viewfinder

noun
  • Panayos peered through the viewfinder down the first-base line.
    — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • My jaw would drop every time some poor girl got in his viewfinder.
    — Benjamin Wallace, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2021
  • His right eye peered into the viewfinder.
    — David Perlmutt, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Like a viewfinder, the cornea takes in light and transmits it to the lens.
    — Star Tribune, 21 May 2021
  • Users hold it at waist level and look down into a viewfinder.
    — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2017
  • The electronic viewfinder is among the best in the class.
    — PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of looking through your viewfinder, take a notepad and write down your thoughts.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2020
  • Work from the edges of the viewfinder into the center of the image.
    — Matthew Jonas, The Know, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Just tap on the camera viewfinder to focus on a certain point.
    — Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2018
  • It is meant to offer a waist-level viewfinder feel, if needed.
    — Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Bat away mirages and stick to what’s really in your viewfinder.
    — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the viewfinder shows a live image of what your telescope sees.
    — Zach Epstein, BGR, 14 Aug. 2021
  • The viewfinder looks fantastic for framing, and the menus don’t fight you.
    — PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Peer through the device’s viewfinder while scanning the room with its infrared light.
    — Stack Commerce, Popular Science, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The display shifted to what looked like a camera’s viewfinder.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Through the riffle's viewfinder, Mike sees Judy's son in the crowd and drops the weapon.
    — Elizabeth Montgomery, azcentral, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Rodgers almost never uses the viewfinder so as not to break eye contact.
    — Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 27 June 2018
  • Hold the barcode in the viewfinder until the corners of the viewfinder turn green.
    — Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Its viewfinder is sharp and clear, making long sessions easier on your eyes.
    — PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Its viewfinder is sharp and clear, making long sessions easier on your eyes.
    — Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Baker and Saltonstall peer through viewfinders and click off images.
    — WIRED, 26 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Almost all of the viewfinder toggles can be accessed without touching the screen.
    — Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Position the viewfinder over a document and tap the scan text button.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Center the document in the viewfinder and press the shutter button.
    — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 27 Oct. 2022
  • 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 back of the camera also has a vintage-style circular eyecup around the viewfinder.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 July 2021

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