How do you use the word "camera" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "camera" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "camera": I'm going to buy myself a new camera, digital this time. Your camera is not as excellent as my camera.

Camera Meaning

/ˈkæməɹə/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.

nounThe viewpoint in a three-dimensional game or simulation.

Sentence Examples

I'm going to buy myself a new camera, digital this time.

Your camera is not as excellent as my camera.

Just point the camera and press the button.

CEFR Practice Quiz

To capture the beautiful sunset, she adjusted the lens on her new ____.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I used my new ____ to take some beautiful photos of the mountains.

Word Origin & History

Learned borrowing from Latin camera (“chamber or bedchamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”), of Old Iranian origin, from Proto-Iranian *kamarā- (“something curved”), from *kamárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, curve”). Doublet of chamber. (device): An ellipsis of camera obscura, from New Latin camera obscura (“dark chamber”), because the first cameras used a pinhole and a dark room.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail. It’s therefore not surprising that most cameras mimic this arrangement." — 2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist:

"Glance up while strolling through parts of downtown Hong Kong and, chances are, you’ll notice the glassy black lens of a surveillance camera trained on the city’s crowded streets. And that sight will become more common in the coming years, as the city’s police pursue an ambitious campaign to install thousands of cameras to elevate their surveillance capabilities." — 2024 October 5, Jessie Yeung, “Hong Kong plans to install thousands of surveillance cameras. Critics say it’s more proof the city is moving closer to China”, in CNN:

"If you're building a third-person game with enclosed or tight spaces, try to figure out up front what camera problems you will likely encounter. Use this identification process to influence the early building process." — 2003, Tom Meigs, Ultimate game design: building game worlds:

"I'm talking about the way the camera flies up above the skater when you leap into the air. No one had done it before." — 2006, Patrick O'Luanaigh, Game Design Complete:

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