minicam

[ min-ee-kam ]

noun

1. Television. a lightweight, handheld television camera.
2. Photography. miniature camera.

Word History and Origins

Origin of minicam¹

1935–40; mini(ature) or mini- + cam(era) ¹

Example Sentences

After the war, he became an editor for Minicam, a magazine for amateur photographers; it later became Modern Photography, aimed at professionals and serious amateurs.

From New York Times

Toward the end, even when the cops are chasing the panic-stricken hero, he never stops filming the pursuit from his minicam.

From Seattle Times

Toward the end, even when the cops are chasing the panic-stricken hero, he never stops filming the pursuit from his minicam.

From Seattle Times

On Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, a minicam crew stalks tourists, trying to find someone wearing a Broncos feed cap.

From Time Magazine Archive

Public figures rarely have that aplomb: when someone abruptly turns on the light and catches them, they bunk in astonishment and guilt or reach their palms out desperately to cover the lens of the minicam.

From Time Magazine Archive