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Cam·e·ra n.; pl. E. Cameras L. Camerae A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Camera obscura.
Bellows camera. See under Bellows.
In camera Law, in a judge's chamber, that is, privately; as, a judge hears testimony which is not fit for the open court in camera.
Panoramic camera, or 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.
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camera
n 1: equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a
lightproof box with a lens at one end and
light-sensitive film at the other) [syn: photographic
camera]
2: television equipment consisting of a lens system that
focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is
scanned by an electron beam [syn: television camera, tv
camera]
[also: camerae (pl)]