digital camera

American  

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.

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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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Etymology

Origin of digital camera

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Shot on a handheld digital camera, the film applies an anarchic home-movie aesthetic to a superbly performed, discomfitingly comic drama of darkness within a family.

From The Wall Street Journal

While still small relative to digital cameras, the global market for film photography has resurged in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s not unusual to see them roaming the aisles of a record store or doing sidewalk photo shoots with digital cameras, as if they had traveled back to the early 2000s.

From The Wall Street Journal

AI tools can allow filmmakers to be more efficient, just as digital cameras and LED lights have done.

From Los Angeles Times

A lot of games have a photo mode where you can pause the game and put a digital camera anywhere in the 3D space.

From Los Angeles Times