A digital camera, used to capture photographs. Emoji
Objects
A classic digital camera depicted in black or silver, usually shown from a front-facing perspective with a prominent lens. It represents the standard point-and-shoot camera familiar to anyone who grew up in the early 2000s.
Usage Context
Widely used to indicate that someone is taking a picture, sharing a photo, or documenting an event in real-time. It is frequently sent alongside 📸 when someone is being paparazzi-style dramatic or sharing a high-quality upload.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2010, the camera icon reflects the era when dedicated digital point-and-shoot cameras were the primary way people captured daily life before high-end smartphone lenses became the industry standard.
Details
Glyph
📷
Unicode
U+1F4F7
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f4f7:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Objects
Subcategory light & video
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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