(a) a pinhole camera in the form of a box; (b) a camera (typically, a hand-held one) having a simple outer case in the form of a box (now chiefly…

The apparatus used for this process. Obsolete.

a camera in which the lens forms an image on a ground glass screen or film that is mounted directly behind it, and which typically consists of a…

A camera for taking instantaneous (short exposure) photographs, esp. of moving objects; a photograph taken by such a camera. Also figurative (usually…

Photography. Having, or relating to the use of, a very small aperture in place of a lens, esp. in pinhole camera.

a camera that is able to take wide-angle, high-aspect-ratio photographs, spec. one that rotates in synchronism with the gradual exposure of the…

pantoscopic camera n. a panoramic camera. Now historical and rare.

= pistolgraph, n.

A panoramic camera. Obsolete.

a term formerly used for a hand camera adapted for taking instantaneous photographs.

A camera designed to use gelatin sheets rather than glass plates and so able to hold films capable of taking up to 100 photographs.

A rotating camera in which the image is focused by a prism on to a horizontal glass plate, producing an image which accurately represents the angular…

An early form of cinematograph as developed by E. J. Marey (see photochronography, n.). Also: a photograph or film made with this. Now historical.

One who takes snapshot photographs; a camera suitable for this.

a camera intended for use on a tripod or other stand, frequently contrasted with hand camera n.

(a) n. a telephoto lens; (b) adj. designating a telephoto lens; (of a camera or other optical system) having a telephoto lens as the objective…

a camera which uses film to take photographs or (in later use esp.) to capture moving images.

a camera in which the plates for exposure are inserted in batches.

A panoramic camera.

A telephoto lens; a camera equipped with such a lens.

A device for taking a series of photographs of successive positions of a moving object, the results being viewed by means of a mutoscope.

(a) a camera capable of taking detailed photographs of distant objects, typically by means of a telephoto lens; cf. telephotographic, adj.2 (now rare)…

Any of various models of camera invented or developed by Auguste Vautier-Dufour in which a system of interior mirrors allows for the use of a lens…

A reflex camera. Frequently in single-lens reflex, twin-lens reflex.

Of a photograph or photography: unposed, informal. So candid camera, a small camera for taking informal photographs of persons, frequently without…

A small camera; spec. a camera using film with a width of 35mm or less. Cf. miniature, n. 3e. Now rare.

a reflex camera in which the lens that forms the image on the film is also used to provide the image in the viewfinder (by means of a mirror…

a camera which takes photographs on plates having a light-sensitive coating, rather than on film.

A photoelectric cell or similar electrical device used for identification, detection, or measurement.

A subminiature device, esp. a camera regarded as very small in comparison with standard models.

Photography. A small camera; spec. a camera using film with a width of 35mm or less. Now rare.

a camera, typically with a wide-angle lens, capable of photographing all or most of the visible hemisphere of the sky in one exposure.

A person who or device which microfilms; spec. a camera used for recording documents, etc., on microfilm.

a camera for simultaneously taking two photographs of the same thing from adjacent viewpoints, so that they will form a stereoscopic pair.

a camera which uses the principles of streak photography; also, an electron-optical analogue of this allowing the resolution of events of the order…

(see quot. 1968).

single-lens reflex (camera).

twin-lens reflex (camera).

the stem of the verb used in combinations, in the sense of ‘that spies’ as spy-all, spy-fault, spy-maiden, or ‘from or through which one may spy…

Photography. A pinhole camera.

A multimode camera.

A digital camera.

Photography. An automatic camera that without prior adjustment will take a correctly exposed and focused photograph of a chosen subject at a…