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[kam-er-uh, kam-ruh]

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noun

a boxlike device for holding a film or plate sensitive to light, having an aperture controlled by a shutter that, when opened, admits light enabling an object to be focused, usually by means of a lens, on the film or plate, thereby producing a photographic image.

(in a television transmitting apparatus) the device in which the picture to be televised is formed before it is changed into electric impulses.

a judge's private office.

adjective

Printing. camera-ready.

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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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Idioms

in camera,

Law. in the privacy of a judge's chambers.

privately.

off camera, out of the range of a television or motion-picture camera.

on camera, being filmed or televised by a live camera: Be sure to look alert when you are on camera.

Origin:
1700–10; < Latin camera vaulted room, vault < Greek kamára vault; see chamber

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Lytro, a technology company, is building a camera that will allow users to determine the focus of the photograph after the fact.

But even after the camera crews left, the excitement and enthusiasm generated by the debate remained, and that momentum.

After all, the criminal can not be sure the camera is not working.

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Lytro, a technology company, is building a camera that will allow users to determine the focus of the photograph after the fact.

But even after the camera crews left, the excitement and enthusiasm generated by the debate remained, and that momentum.

After all, the criminal can not be sure the camera is not working.

When making long exposures, use a remote release to avoid camera movement.

For the first time even its legs are visible, thanks to the detail possible with the orbiting digital camera.

Besides being primitive, a pinhole camera is cheap, and it almost guarantees an unusual result.

Take notes with your digital camera and don't worry about the weather.

Maybe you think the camera built into the back of your phone is all you need.

It's a set of binoculars with a built-in video camera.

The tv and camera were right in front of me so it was always a shot waist up.

Her earliest project with her first, secondhand camera was to photograph children's chalk drawings on the pavements.

The camera should detect the warm-colored light and correct for it.

High-speed camera snapshots may have pinpointed a spot in the brain that serves as a marker for depression.

The two men pose for the camera at right angles to each other.

One tip: camera lenses tend to fog up when you go from chilly outside air to the warm, humid conservatory air.

If you've ever lost your camera somewhere, you can probably appreciate the sentiments expressed on this poster.

My daughter is in a dance recital at which only still cameras are allowed, but my camera also shoots movies.

But you don't need a camera or a big city for surveillance.

Data can be copied on to a music player or keychain flash drive, or hidden on the memory card of a digital camera.

Camera protection is critical in shooting water sports.

He was also a patient and precise camera and developing process technician.

Chardonnay, a hand-cranked corker squeezing and punching wet corks into bottle necks, and other merry mayhem caught on camera.

Anderson remotely points, zooms and pans one camera from a nearby shed.

For years now, the world's camera companies have been taking the public for a ride.

Zandonella-Stannard carries her digital camera around campus in her purse everywhere she goes, and she pulls it.

When snapping a spectacle-a coronation, say, or a parade-he trained his camera on the unsuspecting bystanders.

With practice you can learn to put the camera on the ground, angle it up a bit and shoot away.

If the sweltering summer heat has you itching to hit the road, don't forget your camera.

These days, the easiest way to learn what your camera does is to take it out and use it.

But the income stream has slowed for some towns as motorists have grown familiar with camera placement.

Eastwood's camera is not so much a narrator as it is an intimate observer.

The consumer then scans the bar code on a product with the camera in their smartphone.

Shot with a camera phone, a single candle lit this fork inside a diner at night.

Every roller coaster, every camera and every contact lens.

Graphene, a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon, could end up making a pretty good camera sensor.

Digital camera sales may be weak, but thanks to cellphones, picture-taking has never been more of an everyday thing.

Camera shops, sellers of weekend fishing-boats and even restaurants report brisk business.

There are about a million rain covers for camera gear on the market.

Baby burrowing owls strike an inquisitive pose for the camera.

It's looking increasingly likely that the whole iPod range will have some kind of camera inside.

Deeply moved, she was left with a desire to explore health care issues using her camera.

The new camera alone will drive many sales and iPhone users already dominate various photo streaming sites.

Make sure all your camera settings are correct because you may only get one shot.

Then the police said it was too dangerous to walk around the neighborhood alone toting expensive camera gear.

Swivl is a neat little camera stand which will follow you around the room.

It has a bit of a hump on the back, on the top half where the camera is.

Thrill seekers who want to take their camera kit along on adventures have a spate of products to choose from these days.

BosStrap is another take on the shoulder-sling school of camera straps.

There's no built-in memory, and unfortunately no card is included with the camera.

Polaroid, fresh from ruining its reputation in the instant camera game, has turned its attention to flashes.

Recently a camera was installed in the hall directly in front of my apartment door.

Just make sure your camera is parallel with the image you're shooting so that all its edges are parallel.

The original vision was to create a printer small enough to fit inside a digital camera.

Apple is getting more interested in the camera part of its iPhone, judging from patent filings.

His idea was to treat each sensor as if it were a pinhole camera.

See wildlife photographers set a camera ambush in the hopes of.

To the oohs and aahs of a handpicked audience and the whir of camera shutters,.

Sometimes you need a fancy camera bag, with a tripod strap and little slots with which to pamper your memory cards.

Sony's latest camera shows off the features of mirrorless photo technology.

Rescued from the realms of theory and myth, triple and quadruple rainbows have been caught on camera for the first time.

Now the cuts and pans of the camera flow smoothly and seamlessly into one another--in fact, you do not even notice them.

The camera doesn't lie, people used to say, before they knew better.

Several companies are rolling out software that turns camera phones into product bar-code scanners.

Lenses, straps, books and education are some of the presents possible for camera users.

The app can also automatically take the image when you have the camera properly oriented.

When a gunshot is detected, the surveillance camera zooms in on that spot.

For the first time ever, the starlight camera captures sea creatures' bioluminescent paths, and the ocean glows with light.

Camera excursions provide access to pristine landscapes and the thrill of hunting without impacting ecosystems.

Where it really shines is with a forward-thinking camera optics and user-friendliness.

Contour is a futuristic camera system that will add photorealistic three-dimensional effects to digital entertainment.

One, carrying a rifle, would not look towards the camera.

Camera and gear bags that do double-duty and don't skimp on travel comfort or tech functionality.

One problem lies in the fact that the camera that identifies the fluorescing firefly protein in mice cannot be used in humans.

The missile's transparent nose cone had been painted over, obscuring the camera that had been installed to help guide.

Phone manufacturers, eager to make their handsets stand out, are cranking up the megapixels on their camera phones.

If you're shopping for a digital camera this holiday season, these two shopping guides will help you make better choices.

The camera is run by the film maker's mother and an inept solo guitarist stumbles through the score.

To get the best night shots, use a tripod and set your camera on manual exposure mode.

But such maneuvers have to wait until the sharp eyes of the camera traps get small in the rearview mirror.

Hospitals across the country grapple with infringement of patients' privacy caused by employees using camera phones.

Finally, the camera cuts to a live guy in the courtroom.

He shoots quickly with a digital camera and asks actors to wear their own clothes.

Find out how to create your own room-size camera obscura.

Imagine you are pointing your video camera at your favorite ball game.

And don't forget to pack your camera and lace up a sturdy pair of walking boots.

If there's any hint of danger, the camera can be rolled in to take a.

He turns the device on its side and watches the live feed from a traffic camera.

She notices the remote video camera and approaches to investigate.

Thinking this was an isolated event, he went back, set up some more camera traps and waited.

Once he hears the camera shutter stop clicking, he strikes a new pose.

My relatives know my camera is always nearby, usually tucked.

Phoenix's main camera will have an impressive view of this happening.

It could also be rigged with a camera to conduct surveillance missions.

These are people who are, by nature, not exactly camera shy.

Photojojo's new camera straps are deliciously retro.

Designed for carrying everyday personal gear plus a digital point-and-shoot camera and more.

Any cracks will alter the flow of heat, and these changes can be picked up with a heat-sensitive camera.

Makes me want to pull out the old camera and take a hundred pictures in an attempt to get one beautiful photo.

Nor does it have a built-in camera or microphone for things such as video-chatting.

Another problem may be that your pictures are soft because of camera shake.

It has a thermal camera to locate survivors and a pan-and-tilt camera to record obstacles.

Mozert pioneered underwater photography, building waterproof housings that allowed him to go deep with a camera in hand.

The acid gases were attacking the camera lens and coating the camera.

The side camera focused on that plane to provide better perspective on the wind flow.

In order to get a new compact camera mentioned in a gadget blog, it needs to stand out.

Hopefully your camera will have a shutter speed long enough for what you are shooting.

Samsung forgot to develop the camera part of this equation.

Designed as a quick-release hook to stow your camera when you're not shooting,.

As camera phones improve, the only way point-and-shoots will remain relevant is to stay well ahead of their.

It's time for another camera bag review, but with a few differences.

They can help by showing you how to look through the camera lens and click to take.

As an aficionado of both camera bags and bicycle bags, imagine.

Casio has realized that a ruggedized camera should look tough.

We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the various file types your camera or scanner.

In a world where your phone's camera is possibly better than the camera camera you owned a few years ago, film is a hard sell.

Keep your eyes open and camera ready as you head out into the world.

Fujifilm gets this:There is strong demand in the digital camera market to increase the number of pixels on a sensor, which, all.

Without blinking or slowing down, they made the loop at the end of the canyon, the video camera panning all the while.

Photojojo's new add-on cellphone camera lens will double, yes double the focal length of the lens you have on there already.

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World English Dictionary

camera (ˈkæmərə, ˈkæmrə)

—n , -erae
1.	cine camera See also digital camera an optical device consisting of a lens system set in a light-proof construction inside which a light-sensitive film or plate can be positioned
2.	television the equipment used to convert the optical image of a scene into the corresponding electrical signals
3.	See camera obscura
4.	a judge's private room
5.	in camera
	a. law relating to a hearing from which members of the public are excluded
	b. in private
6.	off camera not within an area being filmed
7.	on camera (esp of an actor) being filmed

[C18: from Latin: vault, from Greek kamara]

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Word Origin & History

camera

1708, "vaulted building," from L. camera "vaulted room" (cf. It. camera, Sp. camara, Fr. chambre), from Gk. kamara "vaulted chamber," from PIE base *kam- "to arch." The word also was used early 18c. as a short form of Mod.L. camera obscura "dark chamber" (a black box with a lens that could project images

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of external objects), contrasted with camera lucida (Latin for "light chamber"), which uses prisms to produce an image on paper beneath the instrument, which can be traced. It became the word for "picture-taking device" when modern photography began, c.1840 (extended to television filming devices 1928). Camera-shy is from 1922. O.C.S. komora, Lith. kamara, O.Ir. camra all are borrowings from Latin.

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Medical Dictionary

camera cam·er·a (kām'ər-ə, kām'rə)
n. pl. cam·er·ae (-ə-rē)
A chamber or cavity, such as one of the chambers of the heart or eye.

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