camera : Idioms & Phrases

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Bellows camera

  • in photography, a form of camera, which can be drawn out like an accordion or bellows.
Webster 1913

box camera

  • noun a simple camera shaped like a rectangular box
    box Kodak.
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camera angle

  • noun the point of view of a camera
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camera care

  • noun keeping a camera in good working order
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camera lens

  • noun a lens that focuses the image in a camera
    optical lens.
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camera lucida

  • noun an optical device consisting of an attachment that enables an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface for sketching it
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Cam"e*ra lu"ci*da
Etymology
L. camera chamber + L. lucidus, lucida, lucid, light.
Definitions
  1. (Opt.) An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form, or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surface, as of paper or canvas, so that the outlines may conveniently traced. It is generally used with the microscope.
Webster 1913

camera obscura

  • noun a darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected through a small aperture or lens onto a facing surface
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Cam"e*ra ob*scu"ra
Etymology
LL. camera chamber + L. obscurus, obscura, dark.
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(Opt.)
  1. An apparatus in which the images of extermal objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the oulines may be traced.
  2. (Photog.) An apparatus in which the image of an external object or objects is, by means of lenses. thrown upon a sensitized plate or surface placed at the back or an extensible darkened box or chamber variously modifled; -- commonly called simply the camera.
Webster 1913

camera operator

  • noun a photographer who operates a movie camera
    cameraman; cinematographer.
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camera tripod

  • noun a tripod used to support a camera
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candid camera

  • noun a miniature camera with a fast lens
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cine-camera

  • noun a camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession
    cine-camera; motion-picture camera.
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digital camera

  • noun a camera that encodes an image digitally and store it for later reproduction
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flash camera

  • noun a camera with a photoflash attachment
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In camera

  • adverb kept private or confined to those intimately concerned
    in private; privately.
    • it was discussed privately between the two men
    • privately, she thought differently
    • some member of his own party hoped privately for his defeat
    • he was questioned in private
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  • (Law), in a judge's chamber, that is, privately; as, a judge hears testimony which is not fit for the open court in camera.
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motion-picture camera

  • noun a camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession
    cine-camera; motion-picture camera.
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movie camera

  • noun a camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession
    cine-camera; motion-picture camera.
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on camera

  • adverb within range of a movie or television camera
    • the senator didn't realize that he was speaking on camera
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Panoramic, ∨ Pantascopic, camera

  • a photographic camera in which the lens and sensitized plate revolve so as to expose adjacent parts of the plate successively to the light, which reaches it through a narrow vertical slit; used in photographing broad landscapes.
Webster 1913

Panoramic camera

  • . See under Camera.
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photographic camera

  • noun equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
    camera.
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point-and-shoot camera

  • noun a lightweight photographic camera with an autofocus
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polaroid camera

  • noun a camera that develops and produces a positive print within seconds
    Polaroid camera.
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polaroid land camera

  • noun a camera that develops and produces a positive print within seconds
    Polaroid camera.
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portrait camera

  • noun a camera with a portrait lens
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reflex camera

  • noun camera that allows the photographer to view and focus the exact scene being photographed
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schmidt camera

  • noun reflecting telescope that has plate that corrects for aberration so a wide area of sky can be photographed
    Schmidt telescope.
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sound camera

  • noun a movie camera that records sounds in synchrony with the visual images
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television camera

  • noun television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam
    camera; television camera.
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television-camera tube

  • noun a tube that rapidly scans an optical image and converts it into electronic signals
    television pickup tube.
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tv camera

  • noun television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam
    camera; television camera.
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