camera
/ˈkæmərə/ · KAM-er-uh
noun
Camera obscura means “dark chamber.” Light entering a darkened room or box through a small opening projects an inverted image of the world outside. That optical arrangement helped give rise to the photographic camera.
01Keith’s definition+
a device that captures reality and output photographs
02Official meaning+
a device that consists of a lightproof chamber with an aperture fitted with a lens and a shutter through which the image of an object is projected onto a surface for recording (as on a photosensitive film or an electric sensor) or for translation into electrical impulses (as for television broadcast)
03In use+
The video I took— as shaky as a surveillance camera during an earthquake— is worthless.
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JP日本語 / In Japanese+
カメラ · kamera
camera; a device for taking photographs or recording video
カメラには映っているけど、揺れがひどくて何が起きたのかわからない。The camera caught it, but the shaking is so bad that I can't tell what happened.
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a device that consists of a lightproof chamber with an aperture fitted with a lens and a shutter through which the image of an object is projected onto a surface for recording (as on a photosensitive film or an electric sensor) or for translation into electrical impulses (as for television broadcast)
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