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This can still occur in the age of digital cameras, if the person has only a limited opportunity to photo their intended target and can't afford the time to review their settings before taking the shot.
Not to be confused with the [[Fatal Frame|Camera Obscura]]. Nor should it be confused with the [
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[Ambush Bug]] did this in one of his 1980s miniseries.
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* The concept of not being able to photograph [[Cryptid Episode|cryptids]] is lampooned in the [[DeviantART]] work [https://www.deviantart.com/curtsibling/art/Snapshot-Sally-991101822 seen here] (warning, NSFW). Sally (a [[Cute Monster Girl]] of a [[Our Werebeasts Are Different|skinwalker]] and something of a [[The Gadfly|gadfly]]) cajoles a cryptid-hunter trying to photograph her, making no effort to stop him because she ''knows'' it's impossible. The artist implies this is hardly the first human Sally has met who has attempted to take her picture.
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Crocodile Dundee]]'':
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'''Sue Charlton''': ''Oh, I'm sorry, you believe it will take your spirit away.''
'''Neville Bell''': ''No, you got lens cap on it.'' }}
* ''[[Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow]]'': [[Intrepid Reporter|Polly Perkins]] spends much of the movie with only one frame left on her only roll of film, and wants to save it for a truly awesome photo. In the film's denouement, she decides to take a photo of {{spoiler|Joe Sullivan}}, only for Joe to look at her and say ''"Lenscap."''
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== [[Music]] ==
* From Heywood Banks' "[[Groin Attack|Trauma to the Groin]]":
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== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner
* Happens on ''[[
* ''[[Jonny Quest]]'' episode "The Sea Haunt": Hadji tries to take a picture of the title monster but all there is on the photograph is a fingerprint.
* In ''[[The Flintstones]]'', Fred and Barney capture the legendary whale Adobe Dick and Barney takes a photo of it before it escapes. Unfortunately, the picture was covered by Barney's thumb, which was a [[Running Gag]] earlier in the episode.
* The ''[[Invader Zim]]'' episode ''Megadoomer'' had this happen at the end, with the [[Humongous Mecha]]'s [[Invisibility]] failed and Dib tried to take pictures of it.
* When [[
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