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How did Colin's camera work inside Hogwarts if it was a Muggle camera ("Chamber of Secrets")?

Who says it worked? Colin never got to develop the film, so he never knew whether he had taken pictures correctly or not. All we know is that the insides of the camera were scorched when the Basilisk looked into the lens.