cAMERA Flashcards

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photography
digital camera
auto zoom
Wide-angle

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**Wide-angle: means that it is a “lens,” something that you put on the front of the
camera, that creates photographs with a wider than normal view

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point-and-shoot

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a simple kind of camera where one can simply hold it up
facing the thing that one wants to take a photograph of, and push a button to take
the photo, without needing to change any settings
* Point-and-shoot cameras are good for simple photographs while you’re on
vacation, but if you want to have really high-quality photos, you’ll need to buy a
better camera

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close-up

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very near to something; with very little distance between oneself and
another person or thing, especially when talking about a photo or a video
* They’re trying to take a close-up photo of their baby’s face while she’s laughing.

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4
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born yesterday

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naïve and inexperienced; easily tricked or lied to

* Of course I know how to use a fax machine. I wasn’t born yesterday.

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5
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Hidden cameras
espionage
surveillance
 “spy on” 
admissible
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“espionage” (spying; learning secret information, especially about the
government),
“admissible” (allowed to be seen and used)

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6
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photogenic

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[pho·to·gen·ic || ‚fəʊtəʊ’dʒenɪk]

likely to look attractive in photos

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Photog

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The photog in the purple shirt is really a sharpie at lepping.

noun Informal.

a photographer.

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