Digital camera

Digital camera

Any camera that captures images electronically rather than on a reel of film.

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Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP)

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) was developed by the International Imaging Industry Association, an industry standard body, as a standard for image file transfer. With this protocol, image files can ...

Pixel

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

Short for picture element, Pixels are the tiny dots that make up a digital image on a monitor. The more pixels that there are, the higher the screen or image resolution will be. The CCD generates ...

Pixelization

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

The step-like appearance of a curved or angled line in digital imaging. The smaller the pixels, and the greater their number, the less apparent the "pixelization" of the image. Also known as the " ...

PNG

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

Portable Network Graphics. Developed as a patent-free alternative to GIF, this format is used for lossless compression for the purposes of displaying images on the World Wide Web. Adopted by the WWW ...

PPI

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

Printing term for Pixels Per Inch. The higher the PPI, the higher quality print that can be produced.

Range finder camera

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

A camera that uses a system of prisms and mirrors to bring an image into focus, even though the viewfinder (unlike an SLR) is separate from the lens. Also sometimes known as a lens-shutter or "point ...

Red-eye

Consumer electronics; Digital camera

Red-eye is the term used to describe the effect that can occur in photographs where the pupils of the eyes can take on a red color. The red colour appears when the pupil of the eye is dilated, ...