photocamera

plural photocameras

1. alternativeAlternative form of photo camera.

   One of the U.S. officers, wearing a camouflage suit and carrying a photocamera, penetrated directly into the territory of this installation, where he photographed the combat equipment which was there.

   1985 March 25, United Press International, quoting Vladimir Kulagin, “U.S. Major Killed by Soviet Sentry: Accused of Photographing E. German Military Installation”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2023

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   The working conditions (or conditions of correction) are carried out respectively in the parallel and horizontal position of the axes and planes of collimation of the photocamera “f” and the telescope “c”, when the theodolite is stationary. […] Two photographic cameras are fixed at the ends of a rod with constant and known length (base b): in working conditions, the base b must be horizontal and the optic axes of the two photocameras (parallel to each other, complanar and perpendicular to base b) can be horizontal or inclined as per shooting requirements; […]

   1997, Bruno Marcolongo, Franco Mantovani, “Photographic Configuration”, in Photogeology: Remote Sensing Applications in Earth Science, Enfield, N.H.: Science Publishers, →ISBN, chapter 4 (Remote Sensing Systems (Platforms and Sensors)), section 1 (Terrestrial System), pages 27–28

   First of all, during the last decade typical resolutions of images and video became significantly higher. For example, 2–4 Mpixel digital photocameras are replaced by 8–10 Mpixel cameras. […] Moreover, the majority of photocameras do not have a mode which allows us to store the uncompressed image.

   2010, Irina Bocharova, “Introduction”, in Compression for Multimedia, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire; New York, N.Y.: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 2