photo camera

plural photo cameras · alternative photocamera

1. A camera for taking photographs; a photographic camera.

   The picture is seen optically through the lens, as in many photo cameras.

   1984 May 6, Hans Fantel, “These Cameras Have Shrunk but Their Capabilities Have Grown”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015

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   And at the end, Republicans rushed up to him, pens and photo cameras in hands, wanting autographs and pictures.

   2010 January 29, Marc Ambinder, “Obama's Question Time: An Amazing Moment”, in James Bennet, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2010

   In old photo cameras — you know, the ones with film — you have to concentrate on every shot, every frame, because you paid for some 24 exposures, and there are no do-overs.

   2010 August 19, Josh Sanburn, “Top 10 Things Today's Kids Will Never Experience: Camera Film”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2013

   “President Barack Obama bathed in the Pacific Ocean in front of TV and photo cameras,” he pointed out, referring to footage of Obama on holiday in Hawaii. “And he was not wearing a tie, to put it mildly.”

   2011 September 12, “[Vladimir] Putin: a lean, mean Kremlin machine”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2026

   François-Paul Journe of Montres Journe said that while silicon parts worked well, they could not be repaired, “which means that using silicon in a watch is like producing a throwaway watch. It is similar to throwaway Kodak photo cameras.”

   2012 November 24, Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop, “Precise Future of Silicon Parts Still Being Debated”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2012

   Synonyms: photoapparatus