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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

camera lightproof box or container, usually fitted with a lens, which gathers incoming light and concentrates it so that it can be directed toward the film (in an optical camera) or the imaging device (in a digital camera) contained within. Today there are many different types of camera in use, all of them more or less sophisticated versions of the camera obscura, which dates back to antiquity. Nearly all of them are made up of the same basic parts: a body (the lightproof box), a lens and a shutter to control the amount of light reaching the light-sensitive surface, a viewfinder to frame the... Read more

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music

camera (It.). Chamber—as opposed to hall, opera-house, etc. (For cantata da camera , see cantata ; for concerto da camera , see concerto ; for sonata da camera , see sonata .) musica di camera (It.). Chamber mus.

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A Dictionary of Zoology

camera ( camara ; adj. cameral, camaral, pl. camerae) One of the chambers within a chambered mollusc, e.g. a nautiloid or ammonite.

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	Camera sales hold up in sluggish economy. Magazine article from: Chain Drug Review; 2/10/1992; 478 words ; Camera sales hold up in sluggish economy CDR Roundup - Camera sales have been holding up well in spite of the recession. In fact, 15.6 million cameras were sold in 1990, according to the Photo Marketing Association... Read more
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	The race for the ultimate interface. (Machine Vision).(Camera Link ) Magazine article from: Test & Measurement World; 3/1/2003; ; 583 words ; Camera Link is emerging as a key interconnect-technology for linking digital cameras and frame grabbers. The technology enables manufacturers...compact, flexible cable, and several vendors now offer Camera Link products, including Data Translation and Pulnix America... Read more
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	City speed camera forced off the road in safety crackdown Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 7/25/2005; ; 461 words ; A SPEED camera has been ruled out of action because the...workers to get near it. The bright yellow camera stands on a narrow verge in the middle...the middle of the busy road to load the camera with film. They have ordered the Lothian... Read more
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