camera care | keeping a camera in good working order |
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 |
ceiling | the overhead upper surface of a covered space, he hated painting the ceiling |
digital camera | a camera that encodes an image digitally and store it for later reproduction |
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 |
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 |
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 |
ceiling | (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds |
ceiling | maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions) |
absolute ceiling | the maximum altitude at which an airplane can maintain horizontal flight |
combat ceiling service ceiling | altitude above which a plane cannot climb faster than a given rate |
ceiling roof cap | an upper limit on what is allowed, he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him, there was a roof on salaries, they established a cap for prices |
glass ceiling | a ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions |
cameraman camera operator cinematographer | a photographer who operates a movie camera |
debt limit debt ceiling | the maximum borrowing power of a governmental entity |
national debt ceiling | a limit set by Congress beyond which the national debt cannot rise, periodically raised by Congress |
e flip one's lid blow up throw a fit hit the roof hit the ceiling have kittens have a fit combust blow one's stack fly off the handle flip one's wig lose one's temper blow a fuse go ballistic | get very angry and fly into a rage, The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question, Spam makes me go ballistic |
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 |