If the camera does not work well or when developing the picture the image is not clear maybe you are avoiding an issue in real life. It can also refer to your desire to revive the past and keep it forever. [1]
The idea of being watched, or an issue regarding privacy.
Attention or focus (or a fear of it or desire for it).
A desire to preserve or remember an experience.
Security or proof.
Someone taking your picture or videoing you against your will can represent a feeling or fear of someone compromising your boundaries.
A photo or video taken without your awareness can represent a feeling or fear of boundary violation, victimization, betrayal, dishonesty, or manipulative motives.
A camera in your dream may relate to a desire to be public about your experience and to continually reflect about where you have been in your journey. [3]
To be using a camera in a dream means we arc recording events or occasions which we may need to remember or take note of more fully. Being filmed indicates that we need to look more carefully at our actions and reactions to certain situations.
2- There is a necessity to retain a mental picture of what is important to us.
3- There is a need to be watchful. [4]
If you are the one handling the camera, then you are processing feelings of being on the outside looking in.
If you are the one being photographed, then this is about self love.
If you are avoiding having your picture taken, you are trying to maintain your privacy.
The film in the camera refers to the initial screen, the creative power of the soul, where external impressions leave their imprint. [6]
For a young woman to dream that she is taking pictures with a camera, foretells that her immediate future will have much that is displeasing and that a friend will subject her to acute disappointment. [7]
If you dream about running out of film, you may not have the tools or experience to deal with a current situation on your own. Ask for help. [8]
If we are being filmed it may imply we are in need of paying closer attention to our behaviour or actions. [10]
Whether you or someone else used or had the camera it signifies insincere friends around you.
Be especially cautious about giving any confidences of a personal nature. [12]
If someone is taking your picture the dream is drawing attention to your life [16]
For a woman, a very pleasant experience with a male companion. [17]
2. Hint that a situation should be examined more closely. [18]
being a, man: keep up with the motion; replay it for the lesson to be learned.
buying a: attempt to recapture fleeting moments to be repeatedly experienced.
looking into a: wil be deceived by an old friendship in the immediate future.
owning a: wil receive disagreeable news from the impressions recorded.
receiving a, as a gift: love troubles wil subject you to an acute disappointment.
taking pictures with a: a displeasing occurrence not processed into awareness. [21]