The phrase "as a camera for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the function or purpose of something in relation to capturing images or visual information.
Example: "The smartphone is designed as a camera for capturing high-quality photos and videos on the go."
Alternatives: "serving as a camera for" or "functioning as a camera for".
"Warren is in the house," he wrote as a camera for Fortune magazine hovered over his shoulder, capturing every tap.
It is still one of the least expensive large-format printers available (although there have been some crowdfunded projects that have come under $4,000) but the MakerBot includes a heated and closed build environment as well as a camera for watching the print in action via desktop or mobile app.
And, if all that wasn't enough to make you want to type "Whoah!" in the comments, it can also act as a camera for a 3D model scene.
Since his début at the Andrew Kreps gallery, in 2005 (the gallery is currently hosting his sixth show there), the New York-based artist has mingled outtakes from his work as a camera-for-hire with images made on his own time.
I relish the idea of my phone acting as nothing but a camera for two weeks, but for my teens, it's not that easy.
The cellphone was more popular for texting, for internet, games and music, as a camera, and for receiving phone calls than for making calls.
Not quite in the same category, but regrettable all the same, was the Met's treatment of Wagner's "Ring" as a camera rehearsal for a television series.
Ms. Couvillon, who has worked as a camera assistant for the directors Barry Levinson, Peter Weir and others, said she had gone both ways with video production.
As a camera network for long-term applications with year-round use, battery-powered cameras are not sufficient and we instead use network cameras with power adapters.
In 1981, while spending his vacations at the Juan Fernández Archipelago, Camiroaga offered to work as a camera assistant for a TV crew from Televisión Nacional de Chile that was in the location, his first ever interaction with TV.
Continuity Camera essentially uses an iPhone as a surrogate camera for the desktop.
