Digital Cameras Are Versatile

Digital Cameras Are Versatile

There are many uses for a digital camera. The usual means of storage on a digital camera is flash memory; however, it is also possible to find cameras with floppy disks and CD-RWs, which are less common.

The digital camera is used to store the images, or your photographs, until they can later be transferred to your computer.

In addition to taking pictures, digital cameras can also have the capability of recording sound and video. Some have the technology to be used as webcams, which hook up to your computer and allow you to view people as you talk to them through various instant messenger programs.

The quality of webcams ranges from display pictures, which are close to the quality of a television picture, to very low quality, which are grainy and tend to jump a lot. 

Several digital cameras now include PictBridge, which is a means of printing pictures directly from a digital camera to a printer, an industry standard from CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association) for direct printing.  These standards are set up to maintain a high quality of technology between competitors without endangering the benefits of competition.

PictBridge eliminates the need to connect your camera to your computer. Some digital cameras have the ability to connect to your television set, and camcorders can also take still photographs, storing them on flash memory cards or videotape.

Digital cameras in most cases can be directly connected to your computer, allowing for storage of pictures and for use as a webcam. They usually include a USB port and a memory card slot.

While limited by storage capacity, many newer digital cameras can record movies, and some of the newer cameras can capture footage at the rate of 30 frames per second, with a display resolution similar to a television screen. They can also connect to and use your computer to store video on the hard disk or DVD recorder of your computer.