Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

oculaire

English translation:

eyepiece

Added to glossary by Helen Chauveau
Jun 14, 2010 16:07
13 yrs ago
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French term

oculaire

French to English Marketing Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) technical characteristics for a spotting scope
From a list of technical characteristics for a spotting scope with incorporated digital camera (with a flip-up LCD screen):

- Technologie XXX pour alterner observation à travers l’oculaire et à l’écran

(The full list is:
"Zoom 15-45 x (grossissement de l’appareil photo de 22x)
Lentille de l’objectif de 70 mm
Pupille de sortie (mm) : 4,6 à 15x / 1,5 à 45x
Résolution de 5 mégapixels
Technologie XXX pour alterner observation à travers l’oculaire et à l’écran
Optiques traitées multicouches
Ecran LCD rabattable 2,5 ‘’/6,4 cm
Zoom numérique 4x
Emplacement pour carte SD (4Go max, non-fournie)
Port USB
Trépied compact, câble déclencheur à distance et étui de transport souple fournis")

So far I have come up with

"XXX technology for alternating observation through the eyepiece and on the screen"

but I'm not sure if I have correctly understood the French.

Also, perhaps 'viewfinder' would be better than 'eyepiece'?

Thank you for your suggestions!
Proposed translations (English)
3 +6 eyepiece
5 +1 viewfinder

Proposed translations

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eyepiece

http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?la...

eyepiece Source, record 3, eyepiece
CORRECT

CONT – [In a camera, for instance, the eyepiece is a] piece of glass fitted into the rear of the camera for viewing the subject through the lens of a single-lens reflex camera.

Peer comment(s):

agree Evans (X) : Yes, definitely. I just bought a friend a spotting scope for his birthday, and had to buy a separate eyepiece. This is definitely the word used.
9 mins
Thanks, Gilla.
agree Alison Sabedoria (X)
44 mins
Thanks, Wordeffect.
agree polyglot45
3 hrs
Thanks, polyglot45.
agree B D Finch
6 hrs
Thanks, B D.
agree ACOZ (X)
7 hrs
Thanks, ACOZ.
agree mimi 254
15 hrs
Merci, mimi.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you Clanola!"
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4 mins

viewfinder

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Note added at 4 mins (2010-06-14 16:12:48 GMT)
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I have one of those. You can switch between viewfinder mode and screen mode.

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Note added at 7 mins (2010-06-14 16:14:57 GMT)
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In photography, a viewfinder is what the photographer looks through to compose, and in many cases to focus, the picture. Most viewfinders are separate, and suffer parallax, while the more complex single-lens reflex camera lets the viewfinder use the main optical system. Viewfinders are used in many cameras of different types: still and movie, film, analog and digital.
Wikipedia
Peer comment(s):

agree SMcG (X) : to alternate /switch between the viewfinder and the screen. viewfinder being a more modern term
21 hrs
Thanks, js!
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