A movable soundproof box with a glass front, in which a film camera is enclosed to prevent the noise of its mechanism intruding on the soundtrack of a film.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in The Ogden Standard-Examiner.
Definition of camera booth in US English:
camera booth
noun
historical
A movable soundproof box with a glass front, in which a film camera is enclosed to prevent the noise of its mechanism intruding on the soundtrack of a film.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in The Ogden Standard-Examiner.