Definition

1. 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

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