Definition of "camera"

The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail. It’s therefore not surprising that most cameras mimic this arrangement.

2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist

If you're building a third-person game with enclosed or tight spaces, try to figure out up front what camera problems you will likely encounter. Use this identification process to influence the early building process.

2003, Tom Meigs, Ultimate game design: building game worlds

I'm talking about the way the camera flies up above the skater when you leap into the air. No one had done it before.

2006, Patrick O'Luanaigh, Game Design Complete