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cable release

noun

, Photography.
  1. a device consisting of a flexible wire that is pressed at one end to trip a shutter mechanism on a camera.

cable release

noun

  1. a short length of flexible cable, used to operate the shutter of a camera without shaking it
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cable release1

First recorded in 1955–60
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Example Sentences

The shutter is the regular Compound, but operated with cable release instead of bulb and tube.

Shutter, compound with cable release, highest speed 1/300 second.

Shutter, compound with cable release, highest speed 1/250 second.

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