motion-picture camera lens
11Camera — For other uses, see Camera (disambiguation). Various cameras A camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura… …
12motion pictures — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Nouns 1. motion or moving pictures, cinema, the silver screen; silent film, talking picture, picture show; rating, Motion Picture Rating Association, G, PG, PG 13, R, Ne TV, X; production company, majors,… …
13camera — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See optical instruments. II (Roget s IV) n. Kinds of cameras include: camera obscura, astrograph, camera lucida, camcorder, cinecamera, X ray machine, image orthicon, photochronograph, photogrammeter …
14camera — n. 1 an apparatus for taking photographs, consisting of a lightproof box to hold light sensitive film, a lens, and a shutter mechanism, either for still photographs or for motion picture film. 2 Telev. a piece of equipment which forms an optical… …
15lens — a piece of glass in a camera through which light passes before hitting the film stock inside; various types include wide angle lens, telephoto lens, normal, etc.; to lense means to film a motion picture …
16Movie camera — The Panavision Genesis, a popular 35 mm camera currently used on major productions. This article is about motion picture film cameras. See video camera for cameras which record images electronically. The movie camera is a type of photographic… …
17Perspective control lens — (a) Keeping the camera level, with an ordinary lens, captures only the bottom portion of the building. (b) Tilting the camera upwa …
18Video camera tube — In older video cameras, before the mid to late 1980s, a video camera tube or pickup tube was used instead of a charge coupled device (CCD) for converting an optical image into an electrical signal. Several types were in use from the 1930s to the… …
19photographic camera — noun equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light sensitive film at the other) • Syn: ↑camera • Hypernyms: ↑photographic equipment • Hyponyms: ↑box camera, ↑box Kodak, ↑ …
20Parvo (camera) — The Parvo was a 35mm motion picture camera developed in France by Joseph Jules Debrie, in 1908. The camera was relatively compact for its time. It was hand cranked, as were its predecessors. To aid the camera operator in cranking at the correct… …
