1. a person or device that produces microfilm, especially by photographing documents at greatly reduced size for storage and retrieval
Usage: technical; often used in library and archival contexts

Examples

• The microfilmer carefully positioned each document under the camera lens.
• Our library hired a new microfilmer to digitize the historical newspaper collection.
• The microfilmer reduced the size of the records by a factor of 200 for compact storage.
• She worked as a microfilmer in the archives department for over a decade.
• The microfilmer ensured that each page was properly focused before capturing the image.