Q: Is a camera an optical instrument for recording or capturing images? ¶
A: Yes, and which may be stored locally, transmitted to another location, or both.
Q: Is a camera very similar to the functioning of the human eye? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are cameras by the use of a ground glass screen at the point of focus? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Were cameras designed to be very small and light for single-handed operation? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Were cameras preceded by folding plate cameras? ¶
A: Yes, and more compact than other designs.
Q: Is a camera in popular use: the American- or chamfered-box camera? ¶
A: Yes, and the Robert’s-type camera or “Boston box”, and the Lewis-type camera.
Q: Was a camera a double-box design? ¶
A: Yes, and with a landscape lens fitted to the outer box, and a holder for a ground glass focusing screen and image plate on the inner box.
Q: Were cameras introduced as a budget level camera and had few if any controls? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Were cameras introduced to make focusing more precise? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are cameras quickly established as 35mm film and this remained in use until transition to digital cinematography? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Were cameras fitted with multiple lenses for photographing several small portraits on a single larger plate? ¶
A: Yes, and useful when making cartes de visite.
Q: Are cameras mainly for care? ¶
A: Yes, and protection, special effects and functions.
Q: Is a camera a remote sensing device as it senses subjects without physical contact? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Were cameras very simple and little different from Daguerreotype cameras? ¶
A: Yes, but more sophisticated designs eventually appeared.
Q: Are cameras incorporated into many devices ranging from mobile phones to vehicles? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Was a camera the camera obscura? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are cameras fixed-lens digital action cameras? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Was a camera mounted on the front box? ¶
A: Yes, but the rear section was slotted into the bed for easy sliding.
Q: Was a camera built around 1888 and by 1890 several types were being manufactured? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Were cameras first produced in the nineteenth century? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are cameras usually inexpensive types? ¶
A: Yes, such as single-use cameras.
Q: Are cameras panoramic cameras that also cover the top and bottom in their field of view? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Were cameras similar to the American-box? ¶
A: Yes, and except for having a knob-fronted worm gear on the front of the camera, which moved the back box for focusing.
Q: Was a camera its use of a lens designed by Josef Max Petzval? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are cameras often used to capture moving images in special effects work and many modern cameras can quickly switch between still and motion recording modes? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Were cameras used for static, high-image-quality work? ¶
A: Yes, much longer in 20th century, see Large-format camera, below.
Q: Is a camera an optical device which creates a single image of an object or scene and records it on an electronic sensor or photographic film? ¶
A: Yes.