[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

camera \cam"era\, n.; pl. e. cameras, l. camerae. l.
   vault, arch, ll., chamber. see chamber.
   a chamber, or instrument having a chamber. specifically: the
   camera obscura when used in photography. see camera, and
   camera obscura.
   1913 webster

   bellows camera. see under bellows.

   in camera law, in a judge's chamber, that is, privately;
      as, a judge hears testimony which is not fit for the open
      court in camera.

   panoramic camera, or pantascopic camera, a photographic
      camera in which the lens and sensitized plate revolve so
      as to expose adjacent parts of the plate successively to
      the light, which reaches it through a narrow vertical
      slit; -- used in photographing broad landscapes. --abney.
      1913 webster
see also:
cameras camerae chamber camera obscura camera camera obscura 
bellows camera bellows in camera panoramic camera pantascopic camera 

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