Some higher-end professional cameras use PCMCIA hard disk drives as their storage medium. Although they consume no power once images are recorded, and have much higher capacity than flash memory (a 170MB drive is capable of storing up to 3,200 images … [Read more...]
What is CCD in the Context of Digital Cameras?
The CCD is the technology at the heart of most digital cameras, and replaces both the shutter and film found in conventional cameras. Its origins lie in 1960s, when the hunt was on for inexpensive, mass-producible memory solutions. Its eventual … [Read more...]