photographic camera
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Definition
- Noun:
- A device for recording still images: A "photographic camera" is a piece of equipment designed to capture permanent images, typically by focusing light through a lens onto a light-sensitive surface (historically film, now often a digital sensor) contained within a lightproof body.
Usage
- The term "photographic camera" is a formal and technical term for the device commonly called a "camera." It specifies the apparatus used for the specific purpose of photography.
- It is used to distinguish the device from other types of cameras, such as video cameras or surveillance cameras, though the word "camera" alone is now most common.
Examples
- Noun:
- The invention of the photographic camera revolutionized how we document history.
- Early photographic cameras were large and required long exposure times.
- She carefully loaded the film into her photographic camera.
Advanced Usage
- "photographic camera obscura": Refers to the historical precursor to the modern camera, a darkened room or box with a small hole that projects an external image onto an internal surface.
- In technical writing, "photographic camera" is used to be precise about the function of capturing still photographs, as opposed to devices for capturing motion pictures.
Variants and Related Words
- Camera (n): The common, shortened form of "photographic camera."
- Film camera (n): A type of photographic camera that uses photographic film to record the image.
- Digital camera (n): A type of photographic camera that captures images electronically using a digital sensor.
- Camera body (n): The main lightproof housing of a photographic camera, excluding the lens and other accessories.
Synonyms
- Camera: The standard, more general synonym.
- Still camera: Emphasizes the capture of still images as opposed to video.
Related Phrases
- To operate a photographic camera: To use a camera to take pictures.
- He learned to operate a photographic camera in his photography class.
- Photographic camera equipment: The gear and accessories associated with using a camera.
- The studio was filled with the latest photographic camera equipment.
Noun
- equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)