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box camera
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box camera
n.
A simple camera shaped like a box and usually having a fixed focus and a single shutter speed.

box camera
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) a simple box-shaped camera having an elementary lens, shutter, and viewfinder
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Noun1.box camera - a simple camera shaped like a rectangular boxbox camera - 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)


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Sony's range of mini-dome and box cameras are equipped with 'Light Funnel Function' and ExWavePRO for high sensitivity and are also capable of 'Intelligent Motion Detection'.
Remember, old box cameras and other cameras of the day had lenses of much longer focal lengths than what is common today.
Box cameras were usually fitted with a single-element lens, a limited range opening control, and a single-speed shutter.
 
 
 
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