Digital camera

Digital camera

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

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focal length

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

The distance from the rear model plane of a lens to the focus when the lens is focused at the infinity position.

This occurs when a digital image is artificially sharpened. The term usually refers to a white fringe that is apparent on the edges of objects in the picture. Fringing can also occur as a result of ...

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 ...

over-exposure

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

Expression used to indicate that the light sensitive material has been excessively exposed. This can be the result of light that is either too bright, or has been allowed to act for too long. In ...

pcmcia card

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association card. PCMCIA cards are about the size of a credit card and these PC Cards have been developed to be a standard for hardware capability ...

pict

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

The PICT format was originally developed by Apple Computer in the mid-1980s. The PICT format supports RGB files with a single alpha channel, and indexed-color, grayscale, and Bitmap files without ...