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digital camera

American  

noun

Digital Technology.
  • digital cameras
    plural
  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 British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of digital camera

First recorded in 1960–65


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She's been taking one on nights out and to concerts and feels the flash on her phone "is grainy and too high definition" compared to the "more smooth" finished product on a digital camera.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

At a Knicks–Pacers game, she took photos of everything on a digital camera, and she wore nonrecording oval cat-eye sunglasses on her Citi Bike date with Timothée Chalamet.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

Unlike in 1991, when Thater used a camcorder with analog tapes, in 2025 she used a heavy 6K digital camera by Blackmagic.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Dycam sold the first commercially available digital camera in 1990.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

She dug around beneath her feet and then produced the digital camera.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

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