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Camera

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

DAVID FINCHER 'You hear the dollars running through the camera' the sound freaks actors out.