
An animation camera, a type of rostrum camera, is a movie camera specially adapted for frame-by-frame shooting animation or stop motion. It consists of a camera body with lens and film magazines, a stand that allows the camera to be raised and lowered, and a table, often with both top and underneath lighting. The artwork to be photographed is plac...
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Animation cameras were specifically designed for photographing frame-by-frame through stop-action lenses thus allowing the camera to capture fractions of movements. The camera is mounted on animation stands so that the media being filmed can be framed in a consistent and sequential manner
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