Digital camera
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A digital camera, also called a digicam, is a camera that uses digital storage to capture images. Most cameras produced since the start of the 21st century are digital, largely replacing cameras that
Front and back of a Canon PowerShot A95 (c.2004), a once typical pocket-sized compact camera, with mode dial, optical viewfinder, and articulating screen
Hasselblad 503CW with Ixpress V96C digital back, an example of a professional digital camera system
At the heart of a digital camera is a CCD or a CMOS image sensor.
A digital camera is shown partially disassembled. The lens assembly (bottom right) is removed but the sensor (top right) is still able to capture an image, as seen on the LCD screen (bottom left).
Image sensor format
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In digital photography, the image sensor format is the shape and size of the image sensor.
Different sizes of Omnivision CMOS sensors: an OV7910 (1/3") and three OV6920 (1/18") sensors, both types with composite video (NTSC) outputs