WordNet
n. optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest [syn: finder, viewfinder]
Usage examples of "view finder".
Unlike with the attack on the helicopter, this time the Stinger launcher crewman couldn't see the fighter itself through the view finder, so he had replaced the regular optical viewfinder on his Stinger launcher with a two-inch-square LCD screen, which showed an electronic image of the Stinger viewfinder and the Iranian fighter, along with target flight data and missile status.
They stopped before they reached the first tunnel on the Narrow Gauge Road, and Sandy got out to squint through the view finder.
Chet walked a dozen paces, peered into his view finder, and advanced a few more feet.
He removed from the 'scope the masking bits of cardboard Rick had used to convert it to a camera view finder, thus making it a telescopic rifle sight once more.
He pulled back from the view finder of the camera and aimed to Joe Staunton, the cameraman.