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What is a film camera called?

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What is a film camera called?
A film camera is also known as a movie camera. It's a device that quickly shoots a series of photos, either on an image sensor or on film stock, to create a moving image that may be projected onto a movie screen.
1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
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Large Cast Aluminum Lamp on Sturdy Wood Adjustable Tripod
Located in Peekskill, NY
front. The tripod was originally designed to hold a heavy movie camera... so its well made and solid. It
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps

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Aluminum

Ernemann ROLF II Folding 127 Rollfilm Camera With 75mm F12 Rapid Rectilinear
Located in Reading, Berkshire
and movie projectors in Dresden and Görlitz. It took over the camera maker Ernst, Herbst & Firl and
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Early 20th Century German Art Deco Desk Sets

Materials

Leather

"Smudger's Tools" Assemblage 2015, by Laurence Poole
By Laurence Poole
Located in London, GB
An assemblage of vintage still & movie cameras, flash units and light meters, mounted on a board
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2010s British Contemporary Art

Materials

Aluminum

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