camera

cam·era

noun \ˈkam-rə, ˈka-mər-ə\

Definition of CAMERA

1

: the treasury department of the papal curia

2

a : camera obscura b : 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 film) or for translation into electrical impulses (as for television broadcast)

— off camera

1

: while not being filmed by a television or movie camera <he's a different person off camera>

2

: outside the scope of a television or movie camera <sounds of gunfire taking place off camera>

— on camera

1

: before a live television camera <go on camera>; also : while being filmed by a television or movie camera <looked relaxed on camera>

2

: within the scope of a television or movie camera <you can hear a dog but he never appears on camera>

Origin of CAMERA

Late Latin, room — more at chamber

First Known Use: 1712

Other Pictures (on film) Terms

daguerreotype, emulsion, fill, sepia, still, stop