Camera ˈkæmrə Press Point Button Stepped Caught Face

• just point the camera and press the button.
• cameras started clicking as soon as she stepped out of the car.
• a tv/video camera
• a camera crew

camera

1. a piece of equipment for taking photographs, moving pictures or television pictures
• Just point the camera and press the button.
• Cameras started clicking as soon as she stepped out of the car.
• a TV/video camera
• a camera crew
2. in a judge’s private room, without the press or the public being present
• The trial was held in camera.
3. being filmed or shown on television
• See related entries: Producing TV shows
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/producing_tv_shows/camera_2
• Are you prepared to tell your story on camera?

Extra Examples

• A security camera caught her shoplifting.
• Closed-circuit cameras have been installed throughout the building.
• He couldn’t bring himself to face the cameras and left by a back exit.
• He couldn’t bring himself to face the waiting cameras.
• He played his first game in front of the TV cameras.
• I bought a disposable camera from the gift shop.
• Police are checking security camera footage.
• She stepped onto the balcony and a thousand cameras clicked.
• Simply point your camera at the subject and press the button.
• The camera can be operated remotely.
• The camera has caught the expression on the Queen’s face beautifully.
• The camera lingers on a close-up of her face.
• The camera was mounted on a hang-glider.
• The camera zoomed in on a picture above the fireplace.
• The crews have been setting up their cameras.
• The director gave the signal and the cameras rolled.
• The documentary was shot using a hand-held digital camera.
• The film was taken by a camera mounted on a hang-glider.
• The incident occurred off camera.
• The moment was caught on camera.
• The outgoing and incoming presidents posed for the cameras.
• a mobile phone with a built-in camera
• the highest-resolution camera phone on the market

Word Origin

• noun mid 19th cent.: from camera obscura, from Latin ‘dark chamber’.