Wednesday, October 16, 2013

How does a digital camera work?

Question by Brittany S: How does a digital camera work?
We are currently studying photography in my communication Tech class. Teacher wants us to give a detailed description of how a digital camera takes its pictures...can you help?


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Answer by Ashton T
At its most basic level, this is all there is to a digital camera. Just like a conventional camera, it has a series of lenses that focus light to create an image of a scene. But instead of focusing this light onto a piece of film, it focuses it onto a semiconductor device that records light electronically. A computer then breaks this electronic information down into digital data. All the fun and interesting features of digital cameras come as a direct result of this process.



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2 comments:

  1. what every camera does is record light. this light creates the images we see. traditional cameras would use film to record the pattern of light eminating from a subject. digital cameras have a focal plane and a shutter just like traditional cameras but use microships to record the light patterns instead of filmstock. Digital Camera's store the information as computer memory. The memory of this digital signal can be displayed on a monitor, stored as files, and also printed through color laser printers.

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  2. hiya , try this out..

    http://www.wisegeek.com/how-does-a-digital-camera-work.htm

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