digital cameras
Electronic photo devices
Digital cameras capture images electronically rather than on film, storing photographs as data files on memory cards.
The technology emerged in the late 20th century and largely displaced film photography by the 2010s.
Most smartphones now include digital cameras, making dedicated devices less common for casual photography: She upgraded her digital camera for better zoom capabilities.
- autofocusSelf-adjusting lens clarity
- photographyCreating images from light
- DSLRMirror-reflex digital camera
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- apertureAdjustable optical inlet
shutter speed · cameras · viewfinder · point and shoot · megapixel · resolution · sensor · zoom · ISO · image stabilization · bokeh · exposure · depth of field · focal length · Nikon · white balance · mirrorless · full frame
- Camera Termsfilm cameras, lenses, SLR, DSLR, mirrorless
- hand camerascompact cameras, point-and-shoot, film cameras, disposable cameras, instant cameras
- Innovationselectricity, steam engine, printing press, telephone, telegraph
- modern technologysmartphone, smartphones, internet, computers, Wi-Fi
- technologyelectronics, computing, computer, internet, social media
- imaging devicescameras, scanner, scanners, x-ray machine, MRI scanner
digital camerasfilm cameras
Devices exposing photographic negatives
disposable cameras · box cameras · pinhole cameras · camera obscura
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