digital camera

noun

: a camera that records images as digital data instead of on film

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One project that will be trying to get a good look at 3I/ATLAS is the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which observes the universe near and far with the largest digital camera ever built. Robert Lea, Space.com, 22 July 2025 With the largest digital camera in the world, these stunning images gave us only a small taste of what is yet to come from Rubin. Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2025 Its exceptionally wide field of view, extreme speed, and massive digital camera will soon begin the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) across the entire southern sky. IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2025 So when Fujifilm briefed me on the features of its latest digital camera, the X Half, just about everything seemed perfect for Gen Z photogs. Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for digital camera

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First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of digital camera was in 1976

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“Digital camera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digital%20camera. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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digital camera

noun
: a camera that records images as digital data instead of on film
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