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Digital camera

Any camera that captures images electronically rather than on a reel of film.

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Kilobyte

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

1,024 bytes, written KB, used to refer to size of files, which relates to the amount of information in a file.

Lens

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

One or more pieces of glass, specially shaped, arranged to bring together rays of light so they can be recorded on film or paper.

Lossy

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

Data compression techniques that reduce some detail of a digital image are described as being "lossy." Most video compression techniques utilize lossy compression.

Macro lens

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

A lens that allows users to take close-up photographs.

Megapixel

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

A megapixel is equal to one million pixels. Digital images are made up of thousands of these tiny, tile-like picture elements. The more pixels, the higher the image resolution.

Microdrives

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

Developed by IBM, microdrives are extremely small hard disks that can fit in a CompactCard memory slot. Two drive capacities will be available 170 MB and 340MB, enabling digital cameras designed to ...

Optical Zoom

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

An optical zoom is made to bring you closer to your subject, without you having to move. Zooms are constructed to allow a continuously variable focal length, without disturbing focus. To achieve ...

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