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.

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digital camera British  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• digital cameras
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of digital camera

First recorded in 1960–65

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

digital camera

The astronaut used a Nikon Z9 digital camera equipped with a 400-millimeter focal-length lens.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

It's Saturday afternoon and I've nearly fallen at the first hurdle – I've left my digital camera battery on charge at home.

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

The first digital camera was prototyped in 1975 by Eastman Kodak, which owned 90% of the U.S. film market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

With Ruiz documenting the work with a digital camera, Haas silently plucked out dead insects, bits of leaf, and lengths of shicra, a kind of thick twine made from reeds.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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