English > photographic camera: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other). |
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| Synonym | camera |
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| Parts | aperture | A device that controls amount of light admitted |
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| camera lens, optical lens | A lens that focuses the image in a camera / camera |
| delayed action | A mechanism that automatically delays the release of a camera shutter for a fixed period of time so that the photographer can appear in the picture |
| diaphragm, stop | A mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens |
| finder, viewfinder, view finder | optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest |
| hood, lens hood | A tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera |
| magazine, cartridge | A light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required |
| shutter | A mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure |
| sprocket | roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through |
| Narrower | Polaroid camera, Polaroid Land camera | A camera that develops and produces a positive print within seconds |
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| box camera, box Kodak | A simple camera shaped like a rectangular box |
| candid camera | A miniature camera with a fast lens |
| digital camera | A camera that encodes an image digitally and store it for later reproduction |
| flash camera | A camera with a photoflash attachment |
| motion-picture camera, movie camera, cine-camera | A camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession |
| point-and-shoot camera | A lightweight photographic camera with an autofocus |
| portrait camera | A camera with a portrait lens |
| reflex camera | camera that allows the photographer to view and focus the exact scene being photographed |
| Broader | photographic equipment | equipment used by a photographer |
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| Spanish | cámara fotográfica, cámara |
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| Catalan | càmera fotogràfica, càmera |
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