Camera A camera was a device which captured visual data in a way that made it possible for a scene that was captured to be re - created at a later time . Types of cameras . Single - frame camera . Single - frame cameras captured one moment from one point in one direction . In 2151 , used such a device to take still images on an unknown planet that was eventually named Archer IV . ( ) He later used one to take a photo of Jonathan Archer in his captain ' s chair to be sent to an artist in Oakland who was to paint a portrait of the captain that was to be placed in Starfleet Command . ( ) Tucker subsequently used a camera to take photos of primitive artwork in some alien ruins on another unnamed planet . At one point , he and Hoshi Sato , who was with Tucker , used the camera in conjunction with a flash unit that Sato held . ( ) Multi - frame camera . Multi - frame cameras , often called video cameras , captured several frames per second and stored them sequentially . The frames were later displayed in sequence , changing at the same frequency that they were captured . These cameras often included audio recording capability as well , synchronizing the sampled audio with the sequence of images . When the was thrown back in time and space to 1996 Earth , a man caught " Voyager " in low orbit with his video camera during a barbecue . ( ) In 2155 , Gannet Brooks employed a head - mounted video camera . ( ) The ' s library computer database held schematics of the mid - 20th century NASA space probes " Nimbus 1 " and " Ranger 5 " , which depicted the location of the TV cameras . This database was accessed by the Talosian s in 2254 . ( ) In 2266 , Montgomery Scott installed a television camera device aboard the " Enterprise " to record the wedding of Angela Martine and Robert Tomlinson . ( ) On 892 - IV , live - action cameras were used to broadcast television programs such as " Name the Winner " in 2268 . ( ) In 2293 , three reporter s ( two males and one female ) covering the maiden voyage of the wore head - mounted cameras . Upon Captain Kirk being asked for advice on how to proceed with the voyage when it ran into trouble , the second command he gave was for one of the camera operators to " turn that damned thing off . " Each of these cameras had two lenses on either side of the wearer ' s head and a white , electric light on the left side , between the left - side lens and the user ' s left ear . The lens on the right side was adjustable but was typically positioned in front of the wearer ' s right eye . A blinking red light could also be found on the camera ' s right side . ( ) In 2367 , Lieutenant junior grade Anthony Brevelle wore a head - mounted camera during an investigation of missing Starfleet personnel on Tarchannen III . The image data collected was later used to discover an invisible species of alien . This device could be programmed to include data in the recording , like the stardate or the time of recording . It also included a light source that could be switched on if the surroundings were too dark . Holographic camera . A holographic camera , also called holo - imager or holo - recorder , took three - dimensional images called hologram s .