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).
Point-and-shoot camera
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A point-and-shoot camera, also known as a compact camera and sometimes abbreviated to P&S, is a still camera designed primarily for simple operation. Most use focus free lenses or autofocus for focusi
A point-and-shoot digital camera with optical viewfinder made by Canon, specifically the IXUS 850 IS, early 2010s
A point-and-shoot film camera made by Yashica with a Tessar lens, early 1990s
Two film point-and-shoot cameras, Rollei 35 from 1966 and Minox 35ML from 1985
Point-and-shoot digital camera using live preview for a picture in a church in Norway