isolated camera

American  

noun

1. a television camera used to isolate a subject, part of a sports play, etc., for instant replay.

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Etymology

Origin of isolated camera

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

The league, Twitter and Turner Sports announced a plan Wednesday where fans in the U.S. will be able to vote for which player they want to see in an isolated camera view stream for 20 select regular-season and playoff games on TNT this season.

From Seattle Times

Out of sports' costly innovativeness have come instant replay, slow motion, the isolated camera, the reverse-action camera, stop action�devices that news broadcasts put to vivid use in covering the assassination attempts on President Reagan and the Pope.

From Time Magazine Archive

And the game's high degree of intelligibility on the screen is to a large degree due to the instant rerun device known as the isolated camera.

From Time Magazine Archive

While half a dozen ordinary cameras are watching the main action, an isolated camera or two will zero in on one player and exclusively follow him in a developing play.

From Time Magazine Archive

The isolated camera records its pictures on tape.

From Time Magazine Archive