Digital camera

Digital camera

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

Industry: Consumer electronics

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PNG

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

Portable Network Graphics. Developed as a patent-free alternative to GIF, this format is used for lossless compression for the purposes of displaying images on the World Wide Web. Adopted by the WWW ...

PPI

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

Printing term for Pixels Per Inch. The higher the PPI, the higher quality print that can be produced.

Range finder camera

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

A camera that uses a system of prisms and mirrors to bring an image into focus, even though the viewfinder (unlike an SLR) is separate from the lens. Also sometimes known as a lens-shutter or "point ...

Red-eye

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

Red-eye is the term used to describe the effect that can occur in photographs where the pupils of the eyes can take on a red color. The red color appears when the pupil of the eye is dilated, usually ...

Red-eye Reduction

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

A system that causes the pupils of a subject to shrink by shining a light prior to the taking of the flash picture. This prevents the red-eye effect.

Reflex

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

A reflex camera is one that utilizes a mirror system to reflect the light, and therefore the image, coming through the lens, to a visible screen. The image seen in the camera's viewfinder then is the ...

Resolution

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

Refers to the number of pixels, both horizontally and vertically, used to either capture an image or display it. The higher the resolution the finer the image detail that can be seen.