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panoramic camera
A camera designed to form a continuous record of an expansive section of the horizon. The typical panoramic camera is mounted to rotate about a vertical axis. A slit opening in the film plane and the...
photogrammetric equipment
The special cameras, film and other means for forming maps by aerial photography.
photographic field
The maximum angle of view that can be recorded by a camera. Field is a function of lens focal length and film format.
phototheodolite
A camera equipped with angular scales in altitude and azimuth. The scale readings are imprinted on the film when an exposure is made. The exact point indicated by the scale readings is shown by...
pinhole camera
A lensless photographic camera that uses a small sharp-edged hole as its aperture. The light passed by this aperture onto the camera's film plane produces a soft-edged image that has a wide field of...
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film platen
A mechanism in a camera designed to position the film in the focal plane for exposure.
powder camera
A camera system that uses a fine powder to diffract x-rays from the specimen. A beam of monochromatic x-rays passes through a collimator onto the specimen. Diffracted x-rays are recorded on the film...
process camera
A photographic camera designed to produce reproduction film of visual information (pictures, line drawings, graphs) for printing purposes.
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