| gobo |
a dark screen used to reduce the amount of light that reaches a motion picture or television camera lens. [1/2 definitions] |
| iPhone |
trademark for a type of mobile telephone that includes an internet browser, camera, and music player. |
| lens |
a complex of such pieces, as in a camera or telescope. [1/3 definitions] |
| long shot |
in photography, films, or television, a camera shot taken at considerable distance from the subject. (Cf. close-up.) [1/3 definitions] |
| Minicam |
trademark for a portable television camera. |
| photoflash |
a glass bulb attached to a camera that flashes brilliantly for a moment when triggered electrically, to illuminate the subject being photographed; flash bulb. |
| photograph |
a picture made by using a camera that records an image on a light-sensitive surface. [1/4 definitions] |
| Photostat |
trademark for a camera device used to make picturelike copies of printed matter. [1/3 definitions] |
| Polaroid |
trademark for a camera that produces a developed photograph moments after it is taken. [1/2 definitions] |
| port3 |
an opening through which a gun or camera can be aimed and operated. [1/3 definitions] |
| range finder |
any of various instruments used to determine the distance from the observer to a particular object or mark, as to sight a gun or focus a camera. |
| reflex camera |
a camera fitted with a mirror behind the lens which reflects the image onto a ground glass plate to achieve an exact focus. |
| shoulder strap |
a strap that is worn on the shoulder, as to support a garment or carry a purse or camera. [1/2 definitions] |
| shutter |
a device that opens and closes the lens of a camera. [1/4 definitions] |
| snap |
a casual photograph taken with an ordinary camera; snapshot. [1/21 definitions] |
| snapshot |
a photograph taken with a small ordinary camera. |
| stop |
the lens opening of a camera. [1/18 definitions] |
| subminiature |
an extremely small still camera that takes photographs on sixteen-millimeter or similar film. [1/3 definitions] |
| talking head |
a television or film image of a person talking directly to the camera. |
| thermograph |
a thermometer containing an infrared camera that automatically records the temperature it measures. |
| thermography |
the use of an infrared camera to measure temperature variations within an object or body part. [1/2 definitions] |