1.   He had his camera ready, just in case he saw something that would make a good picture.

2.   He has always been more frat boy than farmhand, more camera ready than camera shy.

3.   I was there, cowering on the sidelines, camera ready.

4.   The cameras ready, he tried his exit again.

5.   When the first plane hit the World Trade Center, presumably there would be no camera ready.