Education and New Technology

Digital Cameras

What is a Digital Camera?

• Takes video, photographs, and sometimes sounds digitally by recording images through an electronic image sensor.

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Digital Camera

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Difference from regular camera

• Can display images on a screen right when they are recorded

• Record sound in videos • Delete images to free space• Store thousands of images on a small memory

device

Storage

• Most use memory cards and flash memory to store image data.

• The majority of cards for separate cameras are SD format

• Digital cameras have limited internal memory, but for large saving require an extra memory device.

Connection

• Most use USB ports to connect to the computer.

• Many have Bluetooth or Wi-Fi devices to also connect.

• Connect to programs like Kodak Easy Share.

Other Benefits

• Can produce high resolution photos.• Many have the ability to do photo editing on

the camera (cropping, no red eye, etc.)

Citations

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_camera• http://

electronics.howstuffworks.com/cameras-photography/digital/digital-camera.htm