What is a digital camera?

A digital camera is a camera which dies not use chemicals or mechanics to create a picture. A digital camera uses a photo sensitive chip to record a copy of your image and converts it into digital format ready for use.

A digital camera uses the same technology as used in modern CCTV, DVD cams and Broadcast cameras which has been designed to maximise the quality of images taken by the user. The onboard electronics of a digital camera can help the photographer manipulate the environment with a click of a button.

Digital cameras need a media to store images on and many digital cameras are shipped with memory cards. The idea of digital memory cards is that they can be easily transferred between camera, pc or device without having to purchase any additional hardware.

Each digital camera can use a verity of memory card options with memory cards starting from around £5 up to several hundred for cards that can store tens of thousands of images. The memory cards used in digital cameras can be swapped during a photo shoot without having to reset any equipment.

Digital cameras have built in software to improve everything from battery time to image resolution. The cameras often allow new software updates to be downloaded online