digital camera

noun

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

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This Panasonic point-and-shoot digital camera is an easy-to-use starter option for anyone looking to up their picture game and not have to worry about draining their phone battery throughout the day or having to empty their storage space to take more vacation photos. Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025 As the socialite posed in front of the cameras, draped in nothing but barely there pearls, Kris made sure to capture behind-the-scenes content of the shoot with her own digital camera. Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025 Sitting atop a 2,682-meter-tall (8,800-feet-tall) mountain in Chile, the telescope houses the world’s largest digital camera and will image the entire sky every three days. Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025 One senior, with a digital camera around her neck, documented the interactions of her peers' last year in school. Krista Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Sep. 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 2 Nov. 2025.

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digital camera

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