Viewfinder camera

Glossary Terms

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While virtually all cameras offer some form of viewfinder, a viewfinder camera is the term used to distinguish simpler models which lack either reflex viewing or a rangefinder focus device in the viewfinder. Instead, a viewfinder camera is one in which an eye-level viewfinder is used only for composing the photo (perhaps with the aid of parallax correction marks for close-ups).

The absence of focusing aids in viewfinder cameras means by necessity they must either be fixed focus or employ guess focusing.

A viewfinder camera that employs autofocus would typically be classed as a point-and-shoot camera.