digital camera

noun

: a camera that records images as digital data instead of on film

Examples of digital camera in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Is a photograph made from film more authentic than one made from a digital camera? Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 28 Nov. 2023 But van Ingen says the same is true for early digital camera sensors, which took such low-resolution images they were quickly dismissed. Jennifer Kite-Powell, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024 One part, called the reference wave, shines directly on a digital camera. Partha Banerjee, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024 First Light for Vera Rubin Vera C. Rubin Observatory, home to the largest digital camera ever constructed, is expected to open its eye to the sky for the first time in late 2024. IEEE Spectrum, 1 Jan. 2024 The group runs through a collection of accessories while snapping pictures on a digital camera with pre-Instagram liberation. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2023 In a series of sultry mirror selfies posted to her Instagram, the reality tv star and supermodel posed topless in her bathroom mirror and snapped pics with a digital camera. Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 8 June 2023 Upgrade your iPhone with a new phone case or MagSafe charger, or join the digital camera movement. Rachel Trujillo, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023 Sixteen years ago, Gigi Gorgeous hit record on her digital camera and began to upload unusually candid videos to a new and fast-growing website called YouTube. Jacqueline Yoo, ABC News, 13 July 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of digital camera was in 1976

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“Digital camera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digital%20camera. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

digital camera

noun
: a camera that records images as digital data instead of on film
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