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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Etymology

Origin of digital camera

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

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Dycam sold the first commercially available digital camera in 1990.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Given that a digital camera is now in most every pocket, queer photography’s bracing fusion of the personal and the exotic is pretty threadbare, since exoticism no longer applies to being queer in American life.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025

Around his neck he always wears his prized possession, bought with months of savings: a digital camera.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024

The 3200-megapixel digital camera that will serve as the heart of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is complete and will head to Chile for integration, researchers announced this week.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 3, 2024

Margo crawled into the wayback of the minivan and returned with a pair of binoculars and a digital camera.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

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