miniature camera

American  

noun

Photography.

1. a small camera using film that is 35 millimeters wide or less.

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miniature camera British  

noun

1. a small camera using 35 millimetre film

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Etymology

Origin of miniature camera

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

A tube of lipstick hiding a miniature camera, issued to female K.G.B. spies during the 1970s.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2023

The surgeon uses small incisions to place a miniature camera and surgical tools that are controlled with a robotic-assisted surgical device.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2022

“Albums suck. Albums are just miniature camera rolls,” he says.

From The Verge • Mar. 16, 2021

What's significant about this case is that it involved the early use of a fibre-optic miniature camera - which gave detectives a view into the cellar where the gunmen were holed up.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2015

Under cover of a rock and some dwarf birches, I crept ahead on hands and knees, with a miniature camera at the ready.

From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Harper, Francis