digital camera

noun

: a camera that records images as digital data instead of on film

Examples of digital camera in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In it, two extras stand in a large white tent, dressed in designer Milena Canonero’s pastel Oscar-winning costumes, snapping a photo on a digital camera. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

The equipment was mutilated and ash-covered, and the digital camera’s lens was sheared off. — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Kodak famously shelved a digital camera prototype, fearing such a camera would undermine its own profits in film. — Brendon Davis, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026

Victoria took the moment on land to get some shots, posing for David’s digital camera. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

digital camera

noun

: a camera that records images as digital data instead of on film