camera

optical device for recording or transmitting photographic images or videos
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camera

Summary

camera ranks in the top 0.66% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,536 views/month, #516 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • camera is a type of optical instrument[2].
  • camera is a type of photo equipment[3].
  • camera is a type of product[4].
  • camera's Commons category is recorded as Cameras[5].
  • camera comprises camera lens[6].
  • camera comprises photosensitive materials[7].
  • camera comprises system camera[8].
  • camera's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cameras[9].
  • camera's Commons gallery is recorded as Camera[10].
  • camera's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[11].
  • camera's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • camera's partially coincident with is recorded as still camera[13].
  • camera's partially coincident with is recorded as video camera[14].
  • camera's partially coincident with is recorded as movie camera[15].
  • camera's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox camera[16].
  • camera's different from is recorded as Kamera[17].
  • camera's properties for this type is recorded as P2033[18].
  • camera's union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[19].
  • camera's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].
  • camera's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+132788'}[21].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include optical instrument[2], photo equipment[3], and product[4].

Use and Application

Components include camera lens[6]; photosensitive materials[7], a material[22]; and system camera[8].

Influence

Things named for camera include Leica Camera[23], a business[24], in Germany[25], founded in 1869[26], headquartered in Wetzlar[27] and .camera[28], a generic top-level domain[29], founded in 2013[30].

Why It Matters

camera ranks in the top 0.66% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,536 views/month, #516 of 77,819).[1] camera has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] camera is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for camera include Leica Camera[23], a business[24], in Germany[25], founded in 1869[26], headquartered in Wetzlar[27] and .camera[28], a generic top-level domain[29], founded in 2013[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Sofie Geneea · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Cameras
    Union of list of values as qualifiers
    Local thumb
    Iab code 633
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5250]]: 633"
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