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Camera

'You hear the dollars running through the camera' (David Fincher)

Etymology: 'In Camera' (in private) (a rounded chamber)

A proxy-audience.

Something I’m not supposed to drop.

A weapon. ‘I shoot people for a living’

A box that documents and fictionalises at the same time.

A mysterious box that I’m not supposed to touch with greasy fingers.

A memory sharing (or archiving) device.

A way of interpretating reality.

'Just a tool' but maybe not. Maybe it's very important.

Extension of one's body.

A proof-maker of crime and insurance issues.

A behavior-changer. As a spotlight.

An energy taking device, that changes it to information or other energy.

A selector.

An image conservator.

PARAMETERS OF A CAMERA

cost weight, dimension and maneuverability is it wireless, or connected/tetherered? sealedness (water / air / sand) image quality (res.) sensor size lens quality and (inter)changeability focal length (angle of view, all the way to 360) noise-ness battery recording capacity sensitivity (light) dynamic range level of compression ergonomics sound frame-rat digital/analogue spectrum of light modulability or modularity. stabilisation shutter and it's speed (no rolling shutter) durability (environment, temperature etc.) cinematographer