- camera
- nounADJECTIVE▪ automatic, disposable, electronic, high-resolution, high-speed, panoramic, Polaroid™, SLR, underwater▪
I bought a disposable camera from the gift shop.
▪ analogue/analog, digital▪ six-megapixel, etc.▪ box, pinhole▪ cine (BrE), movie, television, TV, video▪ infrared, night-vision, thermal▪ compact, miniature, tiny▪ hidden, secret, spy▪ built-in▪a mobile phone with a built-in camera (BrE)
▪ CCTV, closed-circuit, security, surveillance▪ hand-held, mobile▪The documentary was shot using a hand-held digital camera.
VERB + CAMERA▪ aim, focus, point▪Simply point your camera at the subject and press the button.
▪ operate, use▪The camera can be operated remotely.
▪ pose for▪The outgoing and incoming presidents posed for the cameras.
▪ face▪He couldn't bring himself to face the waiting cameras.
▪ attach, mount▪The camera was mounted on a hang-glider.
▪ install, place, position▪Closed-circuit cameras have been installed throughout the building.
▪ set up▪The crews have been setting up their cameras.
▪ loadCAMERA + VERB▪ film sth▪ capture sb/sth, catch sb/sth, record sb/sth▪A security camera caught her shoplifting.
▪ focus on sb/sth, pan across sth, pan around sth, pan to sth, zoom in (on sth)▪The camera zoomed in on a picture above the fireplace.
▪ linger (on sth)▪The camera lingers on a close-up of her face.
▪ roll▪The director gave the signal and the cameras rolled.
▪ click, flash▪She stepped onto the balcony and a thousand cameras clicked.
CAMERA + NOUN▪ crew, team▪ operator▪ bag, equipment, lens, shutter▪ flash▪A camera flash went off from behind the bushes.
▪ angle, position▪ work (usually camerawork)▪ footage▪Police are checking security camera footage.
▪ trick▪ phone▪the highest-resolution camera phone on the market
PREPOSITION▪ in front of the cameras▪He played his first game in front of the TV cameras.
▪ off camera▪The incident occurred off camera (= was not filmed).
▪ on camera▪The moment was caught on camera.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
