digital camera

noun

, Digital Technology.

1. a camera that records images in digital form by means of a device that converts the optical image to an electrical signal.

digital camera

noun

1. a camera that produces digital images that can be stored in a computer, displayed on a screen and printed

Word History and Origins

Origin of digital camera¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

The process involved the RH-2000 3D Digital Microscope with a 1,920 x 1,200 pixel sensor similar to the one you’ll find inside a modern digital camera.

From Popular-Science

With smartphones and digital cameras, the plastic-covered scrapbooks have become less common and practical—but the effect is still wonderful.

From Popular-Science

The nearly ninety-year-old icon retains a strong presence in document processing and digital cameras.

From Fortune

Like, Kodak might have been able to produce digital cameras.

From Freakonomics

A USB-C hub, which allows you not only to connect devices like flash drives or digital cameras to your iPad, it also supercharges your tablet when paired with the right external accessories.

From Time

On the porch, before I go, Peterson looks at me through the lens of a small digital camera before training it on his front lawn.

From The Daily Beast

The man demanded the film, but she said it was a digital camera, pretending to delete the image.

From The Daily Beast

Both men ran when police arrived, but not before stealing a laptop and digital camera.

From The Daily Beast

“He was ruthless,” says a former male devotee, who remembers Saraswati once smashing a digital camera in a fit of rage.

From The Daily Beast

First came Lee Daniels, the director of Precious, whose boyfriend was taking pictures of Daniels and Freeman on a digital camera.

From The Daily Beast