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digital camera

American

noun

Digital Technology.

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

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

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Noun Inflected Forms

digital cameras

plural

Etymology

Origin of digital camera

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

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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

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

The point-and-shoot digital camera is one of the most prized rediscovered technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

Later this year the largest digital camera ever built will begin working at the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile, able to capture the night sky in incredible detail.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2025

His father got most of the action on video, while his mother took pictures with her new digital camera.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

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