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|name=Colin Creevey's camera
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|name = Colin Creevey's camera
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|made=[[1992]] or earlier
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|made = [[1992]] or earlier<ref name="COS6"/>
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|manufacturer = [[Non-magic people|Muggles]]<ref name="COS6"/>
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{{Quote|A jet of steam had hissed out of the camera. Harry, three beds away, caught the acrid smell of burnt plastic.|The film of this camera having [[Fire|burnt]] up due to exposure from a [[Basilisk]]'s stare|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
[[File:Camera2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Colin Creevey|Colin's]] camera in [[1995]].]]
 
This '''camera''' was an old-fashioned [[Muggle]] camera that [[Colin Creevey]] used to take pictures of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] to show [[Colin Creevey's father|his father]], who was a milkman. The camera ran off the [[magic]]al atmosphere, so it would not cease to function.<ref>[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]].</ref> When Colin was [[Petrification|petrified]] due to him looking at [[Salazar Slytherin's basilisk]] through his camera, the film within was burnt and melted. It was lost on the school grounds during the [[1995–1996 school year]], but eventually found by [[Harry Potter|Harry]], on an offset in [[The Quad]] near the [[The Quad battlements|battlements]], who gave it to him.
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This '''camera''' was an old-fashioned [[Non-magic people|Muggle]] [[camera]] that [[Muggle-born]] student [[Colin Creevey]] used to take pictures of his life at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] to show [[Colin Creevey's father|his father]].<ref name="COS6">{{COS|B|6}}</ref> Although most devices powered by [[electricity]] did not function in the presence of [[magic]], the camera still worked at Hogwarts, since it was able to "[run] off the magical atmosphere" instead of its batteries.<ref name="JKRS">{{JKRS}} - [http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=81 F.A.Q. questions] (archived [https://web.archive.org/web/20060316221619/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=81 here] via the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine)</ref>
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==History==
 
[[File:Camera2.jpg|200px|thumb|left|[[Colin Creevey|Colin's]] camera in [[1995]]]]
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When Colin started his [[first year]] at Hogwarts in [[1992]], he took his Muggle camera around with him, in order to take photographs of various people and things that impressed him, like [[Harry Potter]].<ref name="COS6"/> Colin also tried to take photographs of [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] after he accidentally [[curse]]d himself with the [[Slug-vomiting Charm]] at the [[Hogwarts Quidditch pitch]].<ref name="COS7">{{COS|B|7}}</ref>
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When Colin looked at [[Serpent of Slytherin|Salazar Slytherin's basilisk]] through the camera's viewfinder, he was left [[Petrification|petrified]], and the film inside was burnt and melted.<ref name="COS10">{{COS|B|10}}</ref>
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Colin lost the camera on the Hogwarts grounds during the [[1995–1996 school year]]. However, it was eventually found by [[Harry Potter]] on an offset in [[The Quad]] near the [[The Quad battlements|battlements]], and returned to its rightful owner.<ref name="OOTPG">{{OOTP|G}}</ref>
   
 
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]''
 
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Latest revision as of 13:11, 1 March 2024

"A jet of steam had hissed out of the camera. Harry, three beds away, caught the acrid smell of burnt plastic."
— The film of this camera having burnt up due to exposure from a Basilisk's stare[src]

This camera was an old-fashioned Muggle camera that Muggle-born student Colin Creevey used to take pictures of his life at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to show his father.[1] Although most devices powered by electricity did not function in the presence of magic, the camera still worked at Hogwarts, since it was able to "[run] off the magical atmosphere" instead of its batteries.[2]

History

Camera2

Colin's camera in 1995

When Colin started his first year at Hogwarts in 1992, he took his Muggle camera around with him, in order to take photographs of various people and things that impressed him, like Harry Potter.[1] Colin also tried to take photographs of Ron Weasley after he accidentally cursed himself with the Slug-vomiting Charm at the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch.[3]

When Colin looked at Salazar Slytherin's basilisk through the camera's viewfinder, he was left petrified, and the film inside was burnt and melted.[4]

Colin lost the camera on the Hogwarts grounds during the 1995–1996 school year. However, it was eventually found by Harry Potter on an offset in The Quad near the battlements, and returned to its rightful owner.[5]

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 6 (Gilderoy Lockhart)
  2. J. K. Rowling's official site - F.A.Q. questions (archived here via the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine)
  3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 7 (Mudbloods And Murmurs)
  4. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 10 (The Rogue Bludger)
  5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)