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== Appearance and Function ==
Razon's original camera appeared to be an ordinary [[wikipedia:medium format|medium format]] camera.{{book ref|legion|7}} Stephen's recreation was a big, old-school camera, the kind used by news photographers decades ago, so presumably similar.{{book ref|legion3|2}}{{clarify|If you know whether those are in fact the same thing, please edit accordingly - extremepayne, July 2020}}
It was more user-friendly than one of those, however.{{book ref|legion3|5}} Stephen's version includes a simple dial to control the "time focus".{{book ref|legion3|2}} Both versions could be attached to a tripod.{{book ref|legion|6}}{{book ref|legion3|5}}
The camera uses a special kind of flash bulb which allows it to do take images of scenes as they were in the past. This bulb burns out after a very limited number of uses.{{book ref|legion|8}} The light from the flash is referred to by [[Arnaud]] as penetrating time,{{book ref|legion3|2}} but little else is known of how exactly it functions. It will take a picture into the past as if the camera was in the place it is in now,{{book ref|legion|4}} and it will always illuminate the area with its flash, sometimes resulting in poorly composed photos.{{book ref|legion|3}} It produces photos on film in medium format, which must then be developed.{{book ref|legion|6}} The version that Stephen re-creates has been modified to use instant film.{{book ref|legion3|2}}
== History ==
Razon came to Azari Labratories with only a picture of [[Wikipedia: George Washington|George Washington]] and a non-functional prototype camera. After eighteen months of work, funded by the lab, he had a somewhat reliably functioning
In order to re-create the camera, Stephen worked with a new aspect he manifested just for this purpose, Arnaud.{{book ref|legion|8}} Stephen spent many nights working on it, with Arnaud guiding his hands. By the time he went chasing after [[Sandra]], Stephen had a working model, although it can't go back very far before the photos begin to deteriorate in quality. Arnaud was unsure how Razon got around this limitation.{{book ref|legion3|2}} Later that day, Stephen gave it to [[Barb]] to take photos of the fairgrounds going back half-hours earlier that day, revealing the presence of [[Kyle]] and [[Sandra]].{{book ref|legion3|5}} The camera was left in Stephen's limo while Stephen infiltrated [[Wode|Walters and Ostman Detention Enterprises]], and afterwards, Stephen used it to take a picture in which he (but nobody else) can see his aspects.{{book ref|legion3|14}}
== Notes ==
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