Camera

A Camera is a device which captures visual data in a way that makes it possible for a scene that was captured to be re-created at a later time.

Types of cameras

Single-frame camera

Single-frame cameras capture one moment from one point in one direction.

In 2151, Trip Tucker used such a device to take still images on an unknown planet, later named Archer IV. (ENT: "Strange New World")

Multi-frame camera

Multi-frame cameras, often called video cameras, capture several frames per second and store them sequentially. The frames are later displayed in sequence, changing at the same frequency that they were captured. These cameras often include audio recording capability as well, synchronizing the sampled audio with the sequence of images.

When the USS Voyager was thrown back in time and space to 1996 Earth, a man caught Voyager in low orbit with his video camera during a barbecue. (VOY: "Future's End")

In 2155, Gannet Brooks employed a head-mounted video camera. ("Demons")

In 2266, Scotty installed what appeared to be a video camera aboard the USS Enterprise to record the wedding of Angela Martine and Robert Tomlinson. (TOS: "Balance of Terror")

On 892-IV. (TOS: "Bread and Circuses")

On Ekos. (TOS: "Patterns of Force")

In 2293, a journalist covering the maiden voyage of the USS Enterprise-B wore a head-mounted video camera fit with an electric light. (Star Trek Generations)

In 2367, Lieutenant Junior Grade Anthony Brevelle wore a head-mounted camera during an investigation of missing Starfleet personnel on Tarchannen III. The image data collected was later used to discover an invisible species of alien. This device could be programmed to include data in the recording, like the stardate or the time of recording. It also included a light source that could be switched on if the surroundings were too dark. (TNG: "Identity Crisis")