oculaire

English translation: eyepiece

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French term or phrase:oculaire
English translation:eyepiece
Entered by: Helen Chauveau

16:07 Jun 14, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) / technical characteristics for a spotting scope
French term or phrase: oculaire
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!
Helen Chauveau
France
Local time: 02:23
eyepiece
Explanation:
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.

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Claire Nolan
Local time: 21:23
Grading comment
Thank you Clanola!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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3 +6eyepiece
Claire Nolan
5 +1viewfinder
Sandra & Kenneth Grossman


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
eyepiece


Explanation:
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.



Claire Nolan
Local time: 21:23
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you Clanola!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
viewfinder


Explanation:
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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.
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Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
Israel
Local time: 04:23
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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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