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Lens Shutter Camera: Camera with the shutter built into the lens.

Polaroid Camera: An instant picture camera designed for polaroid materials.

Portrait Lens: Lenses produced specifically for portraiture. They usually have a long focal length and produce a slightly diffused image.

Plate Camera: Camera designed to take glass plates but often adapted to take cut film.

Pinhole Camera: Camera without a lens which uses a very small hole pierced in one end to allow light to pass through and form an image on the back of the camera which can be covered by film.

Petzval Lens: Early lens system developed by joseph petzval. It had a very wide aperture and was relatively free from aberration. Many modern lenses have developed from this simple three-element design.

Positive Lens: Simple lens that causes light rays from a subject to converge to a point.

Panoramic Camera: Camera with a special type of scanning lens which rotates on its rear nodal point and produces an image of the scanned area on a curved plate or film.

Process Lens: Lens system designed specifically for high quality copying.

Shutter: Usually lightweight louvered decorative frames in the form of doors located on the sides of a window. Some shutters are made to close over the window for protection.