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candid camera

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candid camera
n.
A small, easily operated camera with a fast lens for taking unposed or informal photographs.
candid camera
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography)
a.  a small camera that may be used to take informal photographs of people, usually without their knowledge
b.  (as modifier) a candid-camera photograph
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Noun1.candid camera - a miniature camera with a fast lens
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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Television has been satisfying society's nosiness since Candid Camera debuted in 1948.
So, this is reality? They're cheap to produce and feed our appetite ... by Smillie, Dirk / New York Times Upfront
2002, appropriates the form of the music video and combines it with elements of slapstick, TV entertainment formats like the candid camera, and moments of filmic collage, such as in the new video when he focuses on the eternally idyllic details of the Melaten cemetery in Cologne.
BQ. (Reviews) by Wege, Astrid / Artforum International
Do you take a quick look around the aisle to make sure the guy from Candid Camera isn't standing a few feet away feeling the avocados?
THEY'RE NOT SO AMAZING, JUST HONEST by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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