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

Etymology

Origin of digital camera

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

While they shot in black and white on set with a digital camera and customized image mapping, the conversion was done in parallel: colorizing the monochrome footage with different mapping and fine-tuning.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

The flash of a digital camera went off like a strobe as Yair Lopez documented his friends before their night at an afterparty.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

Next to “Bestbuy,” the list mentioned a digital camera and USB drive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

Located high in the Chilean Andes, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory houses the world's most powerful digital camera.

From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 2025

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