An Expansive Camera in Nethack is the character '(', not a letter 'c'. A letter 'c' is a cockatrice or a pyrolisk; those are both quite dangerous so I suggest

An Expansive Camera in Nethack is the character '(', not a letter 'c'. A letter 'c' is a cockatrice or a pyrolisk; those are both quite dangerous so I suggest you learn to recognize them for your own good.