video cameras

Motion picture equipment

Video cameras are devices that record moving images and sound onto a storage medium.

The term distinguished them from still cameras when the technology emerged, and from film cameras that used physical film stock.

Now that most cameras—including phones—shoot video, the phrase often specifies professional or dedicated equipment: The news crew arrived with video cameras.

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tripods · frame rate · footage · security footage · lens · image stabilization · viewfinders · surveillance systems · body cam · dash cam · digital · high-definition · focus · thermal imaging · live streaming · analog · monitor · playback

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Opposites
temporal capture mode

video camerasfilm cameras

Devices exposing photographic negatives

DSLRs · instant cameras · digital cameras · mirrorless cameras · disposable cameras

recording vs. display function

video camerasvideo projectors

Devices projecting images large-scale

film projectors · monitors · digital projectors · video walls

production vs. consumption

video camerasvideo projectors

Devices projecting images large-scale

TVs · displays · playback devices · television sets · DVD players

Family

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Top 50,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G