カメラ

From English 'camera.' In modern Japanese, カメラ covers both dedicated cameras and camera functions in phones and computers.

Types

• デジタルカメラ / デジカメ: digital camera
• 一眼(いちがん)レフ: SLR camera
• ビデオカメラ: video camera
• 防犯(ぼうはん)カメラ: security camera
• インスタントカメラ: instant camera

Common collocations

• カメラで撮(と)る: to take with a camera
• カメラを向(む)ける: to point a camera at
• カメラ目線(めせん): looking at the camera
• カメラの充電(じゅうでん): camera battery charge

Usage

スマホのカメラ (smartphone camera) is how most people take photos today. 写(しゃ)メ (a photo taken and sent by phone) is a casual term from the flip-phone era, now dated.

Watch out

カメラマン is anyone who takes pictures professionally, including still photographers, not only a film or TV camera operator.