[[File:Camera2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Colin Creevey|Colin's]] camera in [[1995]].]]
[[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.
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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==Behind the scenes==
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*Colin's camera in the [[Harry Potter (film series)|''Harry Potter'' films]] is an [[Wikipedia:Argus C3|Argus C3 Matchmatic]], a type of camera produced from 1939 to 1966 that help popularize the 35mm format.
Added by Texthawm