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CAMERAS  

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  • A Camera is an apparatus for taking photographs, generally consisting of a lightproof enclosure having an aperture with a shuttered lens through which the image of an object is focused and recorded on a photosensitive film or plate. [Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc}

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