Examples of box camera in a Sentence
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The function button engages focus lock (AF-L) with out-of-the-box camera settings, but can be remapped to one of a few dozen functions via the camera menu.
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Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
16 Mar. 2026
While box cameras are nothing new, the ILX-LR1 is a particularly specialized design with drone-first priorities.
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Antonio G. Di Benedetto,
The Verge,
5 Sep. 2023
These include not only original parts and life-size replicas of the ship, but also recovered personal belongings like baby shoes and a box camera, as well as audio-visual testimonies from some of the 700-odd survivors.
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Ananya Bhattacharya,
Quartz,
20 June 2023
The combination of a box camera and a small home darkroom leads to a lot more knowledge than a cellphone camera and editing software.
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Washington Post,
10 May 2022
Since his earliest memories of picking up a Brownie box camera, Red Huber has always viewed the world through a lens of curiosity and intrigue, but also through a camera lens during decades of work as a photojournalist.
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Patrick Connolly,
orlandosentinel.com,
28 Sep. 2021
His mother, Norma, was an amateur photographer who camped out around the city with a box camera and a flash gun to snap pictures of celebrities.
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Alex Vadukul,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2021
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Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
16 Mar. 2026
While box cameras are nothing new, the ILX-LR1 is a particularly specialized design with drone-first priorities.
—
Antonio G. Di Benedetto,
The Verge,
5 Sep. 2023
These include not only original parts and life-size replicas of the ship, but also recovered personal belongings like baby shoes and a box camera, as well as audio-visual testimonies from some of the 700-odd survivors.
—
Ananya Bhattacharya,
Quartz,
20 June 2023
The combination of a box camera and a small home darkroom leads to a lot more knowledge than a cellphone camera and editing software.
—
Washington Post,
10 May 2022
Since his earliest memories of picking up a Brownie box camera, Red Huber has always viewed the world through a lens of curiosity and intrigue, but also through a camera lens during decades of work as a photojournalist.
—
Patrick Connolly,
orlandosentinel.com,
28 Sep. 2021
His mother, Norma, was an amateur photographer who camped out around the city with a box camera and a flash gun to snap pictures of celebrities.
—
Alex Vadukul,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2021
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“Box camera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20camera. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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