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Waist-Level Viewfinder
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Waist-Level Viewfinder A viewfinder that enables viewing from the top of the camera body. Useful for copystand work, for holding the camera away from the eye and when photographing from a low angle or with the camera held overhead.
One of the lenses is the photographic objective (the lens that takes the picture), while the other is used for the waist-level viewfinder system.
Hasselblad 501CM outfit: the classic 6x6cm single-lens reflex system, all-manual, waist-level viewfinder, interchangeable lenses, backs, and viewfinders, Ansel Adams used one; about $2700 at Adorama.
an SLR can be equipped with a waist-level viewfinder which forces the photographer to look down into the camera, similar to a TLR. Some common SLR camera manufacturers: Nikon, Canon, Hasselblad, Pentax, and Minolta.
 See also: Viewfinder, Photograph, Photography, Camera, Finder
  
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