| camera care | keeping a camera in good working order |
| digital communications technology | the design and construction of communications technology that transmits information in digital form |
box camera
box Kodak | a simple camera shaped like a rectangular box |
camera
photographic camera | equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other) |
camera lens
optical lens | a lens that focuses the image in a camera |
| camera lucida | an optical device consisting of an attachment that enables an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface for sketching it |
| camera obscura | a darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected through a small aperture or lens onto a facing surface |
| camera tripod | a tripod used to support a camera |
| candid camera | a miniature camera with a fast lens |
digital-analog converter
digital-to-analog converter | device for converting digital signals into analogue signals |
digital audiotape
DAT | a digital tape recording of sound |
| digital camera | a camera that encodes an image digitally and store it for later reproduction |
| digital clock | a clock that displays the time of day digitally |
| digital computer | a computer that represents information by numerical (binary) digits |
digital display
alphanumeric display | a display that gives the information in the form of characters (numbers or letters) |
| digital plethysmograph | plethysmograph applied to a digit of the hand or foot to measure skin blood flow |
digital subscriber line
DSL | a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds |
| digital voltmeter | an electronic voltmeter that gives readings in digits |
| digital watch | a watch with a digital display |
digitizer
digitiser
analog-digital converter
analog-to-digital converter | device for converting analogue signals into digital signals |
| flash camera | a camera with a photoflash attachment |
motion-picture camera
movie camera
cineamera | a camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession |
personal digital assistant
PDA
personal organizer
personal organiser
organizer
organiser | a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks, can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc. |
| point-and-shoot camera | a lightweight photographic camera with an autofocus |
Polaroid camera
Polaroid Land camera | a camera that develops and produces a positive print within seconds |
| portrait camera | a camera with a portrait lens |
| reflex camera | camera that allows the photographer to view and focus the exact scene being photographed |
scanner digital scanner
image scanner | an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer |
Schmidt telescope
Schmidt camera | reflecting telescope that has plate that corrects for aberration so a wide area of sky can be photographed |
| sound camera | a movie camera that records sounds in synchrony with the visual images |
television camera
tv camera
camera | television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam |
| camera angle | the point of view of a camera |
digital arteries
arteria digitalis | arteries in the hand and foot that supply the fingers and toes |
digital vein
vena digitalis | one of the veins serving the fingers or toes |
digital communication
data communication | electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers) |
musical instrument digital interface
MIDI | a standard protocol for communication between electronic musical instruments and computers |
cameraman
camera operator
cinematographer | a photographer who operates a movie camera |
| digital photography | a photographic method that stores the image digitally for later reproduction |
| digital | of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits, digital computer |
| digital | relating to or performed with the fingers, digital examination |
| digital | displaying numbers rather than scale positions, digital clock, digital readout |
privately
in private
in camera | kept private or confined to those intimately concerned, it was discussed privately between the two men, privately, she thought differently, some member of his own party hoped privately for his defeat, he was questioned in private |
| on camera | within range of a movie or television camera, the senator didn't realize that he was speaking on camera |