A motion picture camera designed for shooting cinematography; specifically used in British English for small-format film cameras.
From cine- (cinematography) + camera (from Latin 'camera,' meaning chamber or room). This compound became standard British terminology in the mid-20th century for amateur and professional film equipment.
The 'cinecamera' was the democratization moment for filmmaking—small, portable cinecameras let ordinary people shoot their own movies instead of needing massive Hollywood studios.
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