Copy the most used camera and photo emojis in one click — 📷 📸 🎥 📹 🤳 🎬 🖼️ 📽️ — with their meaning, Unicode and HTML codes, and keyboard shortcuts for Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android.
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Camera emojis cover photography, video, cinema and everything related to capturing and sharing visual moments. Click any emoji to copy it instantly.
Each camera emoji has a distinct nuance — still photo, video, selfie, cinema or memory. The definitions reflect common usage on Instagram, TikTok and in everyday messages.
Camera emoji sequences ready to copy and paste to announce photos, videos or moments to capture.
Technical codes for each camera emoji: Unicode code point and HTML entity for use in web development.
| Emoji | Name | Unicode | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camera |
U+1F4F7
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📷
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| Camera with flash |
U+1F4F8
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📸
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| Movie camera |
U+1F3A5
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🎥
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| Video camera |
U+1F4F9
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📹
|
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| Selfie |
U+1F933
|
🤳
|
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| Clapper board |
U+1F3AC
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🎬
|
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| Framed picture |
U+1F5BC
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🖼
|
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| Film projector |
U+1F4FD
|
📽
|
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| Film frames |
U+1F39E
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🎞
|
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| Television |
U+1F4FA
|
📺
|
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| Magnifying glass |
U+1F50D
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🔍
|
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| Sunrise |
U+1F305
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🌅
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| National park |
U+1F3DE
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🏞
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| Flashlight |
U+1F526
|
🔦
|
Press Cmd + Ctrl + Space to open the macOS emoji picker. Search for the emoji you want and double-click to insert it.
Open the emoji keyboard (smiley or globe icon on iPhone, emoji icon on Android). Browse the Symbols section or use the search bar.
Press Win + . (Windows key + full stop) to open the built-in emoji panel. Search for any emoji directly from any application.
The 📷 emoji (U+1F4F7, "Camera") shows a classic camera — one of the most used emojis on Instagram, Pinterest and in all photography-related contexts. It is used before or after a photo to signal it is a visual capture, to announce a photo session or to identify someone as a photographer. In Instagram bios, it often precedes a photographer's introduction text.
The nuance between 📷 and 📸 (camera with flash) is subtle but real: 📷 is more static and general, while 📸 evokes the precise moment of the shot, the flash firing and the captured moment. Both are often used interchangeably in everyday messages.
📷 (classic camera) is the most general — it represents photography in all its forms. 📸 (camera with flash) is more expressive — it evokes the precise moment of the shot and is often used for event photos. 🤳 (selfie) is the most modern and personal — it represents specifically the self-photo taken with a smartphone.
In practice: 📷 to talk about photography in general, 📸 to announce photos taken at an event or outing, and 🤳 for selfies and self-photos.
Yes. 📷, 📸, 🎥, 📹, 🤳, 🎬 and all camera emojis on this page are standard Unicode characters that work on Instagram, WhatsApp, TikTok, Twitter/X, Facebook, Snapchat, Discord, Telegram, Gmail and Outlook.
Appearance may vary slightly by platform but the copied character is identical everywhere. Click any emoji to copy it and paste it directly into your message or bio.