apparatus [ap-uh-rat-uhs]
ap·pa·rat·us [ap-uh-rat-uhs] noun
A combination of instruments, machinery, or tools built for a particular purpose. Early cinema: the trade's term for its cameras, projectors, and printers. "The director yelled 'Camera!' and the cameraman began cranking his apparatus."
Hand-cranked motion picture cameras of the silent era, and the stories behind them.
Arnold & Richter Kinarri
One hundred years ago, the very first Arnold & Richter Cine Technik motion picture camera was produced, marking a significant and remarkable milestone in the long history of filmmaking…