- A digital camera takes photographs digitally by recording images via an electronic image sensor.
- Steven Sasson, a Kodak engineer, developed the first digital camera prototype in 1975.
- In 1988, Fuji DS-1P became the first digital camera that captured images as a computerized file.
- In 1991, Kodak DCS-100 was the first commercially available digital camera.
- Digital cameras surpassed the sale of film cameras for the first time in 2003.
- The optical system works the same as in film cameras, typically using a lens with a variable diaphragm to focus light onto an image pickup device.
- You can easily connect the digital camera to your laptop and transfer the pictures in your hard disk.
- Digital cameras have high power requirements.
- Once the pictures are transferred from digital camera to the computer, permanent storage on a CD or hard disk is possible.
- Any photo alteration software can rework the images taken.
- Digital cameras are incorporated into many devices ranging from PDAs and mobile phones to vehicles.
- Digital cameras can easily take detailed pictures even in low-light conditions.
- The Hubble Space Telescope and other astronomical devices are essentially specialized digital cameras.
- Most digital cameras use memory cards having flash memory to store image data.
Fast facts about digital cameras
