Does Digital Camera Take Only Still Photos

Digital camera

First lets talk a little about the digital camera. A digital camera can take still images or photos as a Film camera can take. The process is the same in both type of cameras, light go through the lens and hit the sensor or the film, press the shutter button and it will capture the image. Now the main difference or the only difference is that Digital cameras has a digital sensor instead of a Film, it means digital camera store the images in a digital form not as a physical thing like the film which you have to develop later. But the digital images is ready to share after the second you take the shot. 

It store your photos in a digital form as a binary data in simple an electronic memory in your computer or your mobile's memory . So, you can access those data as a photo which you capture before any time, any where in the world. You can share your photos on social media or to your friends or Family after the second you take your shot. Whereas with the film camera you capture the view on the film, then you take those films and develop them as a physical form which is a long time process. 

The first digital camera was invented in 1975 by a kodak engineer name Steve Sasson. The size of this camera is big. And it's weight is about 3.6 kg almost 8 pounds ( 7.937 pounds). It has an early CCD sensor from Fairchild and the resolution of the sensor was 0.01 Mega pixels ( 100 × 100 pixels). It store the images in a Cassette Tape and it take 23 second to store the images. It is obvious cause it is the first digital camera or the prototype of the digital cameras. 

After the first ever digital camera in 1975 now a days the digital cameras are everywhere in the world. No matter where in the world you are, you will definitely see a digital camera. Maybe in your hand, where your are currently reading this article, means your smartphone or your laptop. Yes your laptop and your smartphone has a camera. And yes that's a digital camera. You already know it don't need Film to store your images it means a digital camera. 

Digital camera uses a digital electronic sensor. And the resolution measure there as a pixel. So, the more pixel a sensor have the more resolution you will get. Now a days this digital image sensor getting advance every year. Manufacturer added more pixel in digital sensors. Even you can control those resolution by the device. So you will get different type of resolution from a digital camera. As an example Sony alpha 7r iv (A7r iv) uses a 61mega pixel full frame image sensor, where the new sony alpha 7s iii ( A7s iii) uses only 12 mega pixel image sensor same as your smartphone camera. But a smartphone uses a tiny sensor, where professional camera uses a big sensor where the individual pixel is bigger then smartphone's pixel. And you will get way better images from an camera than your smartphone. So, digital camera's image does not has low resolution. 

Does digital camera take only still images ?

The answer of this question is No, it not only take still images but also videos. And the proof is in your hand, I already told you before, that smartphone has a digital camera, and you already take videos with your phone, right? Not only smartphone but also the professional cameras, Mirrorless or even DSLR (  which stand for Digital Single Lens Reflect ) and you probably see, taking videos with DSLR in wedding, party and maybe other events. But how it actually take videos that's another part. 

So, now a days digital cameras getting better and better every day. It not only take still images and videos there are many other features added to them. And with those feature you can shoot almost anything. 

The main benefits of the digital camera is, it store your photo as a digital image in your electronic memory. So, you can share you photo instant, you can create as many copy as you want in few second, now a days even you can edit them as you want.  

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