Origin: 1700-1800 camera obscura box with a hole through which an image is made to appear on the inside of the box (18-21 centuries), from Modern Latin, dark room
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS►on/off camera
The crime was caught on camera by police.
1 a piece of equipment used for taking photographs: smile at the camera2a piece of equipment used for making movies, videos, or television programs: television camerason/off camera The crime was caught on camera by police.3in cameralaw a law case that is held in camera takes place secretly or privately [Origin: 1700–1800 camera obscura box with a hole through which an image is made to appear on the inside of the box (18–21 centuries), from Modern Latin, dark room]