The digital counterpart of traditional photographic film. Most digital cameras use some type of flash memory card (CompactFlash, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, etc.). Some cameras record images on optical discs such as write-once CD-Rs and rewritable CD-RWs. Sony's earlier Mavica cameras used floppy disks for "film" storage. See flash memory, memory card and digital camera.
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- Software downloads 2009-12-02
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- Blog posts 2009-11-25
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- Software downloads 2009-11-24
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-21
- Internet: A threat to government or the other way around?
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Celtx 2.5.1 (Windows)
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- Software downloads 2009-11-19
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- Product reviews 2009-11-16
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- Software downloads 2009-11-14
- Canon PowerShot S90
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- Product reviews 2009-11-12
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- Blog posts 2009-11-11
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- Blog posts 2009-11-11
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- Software downloads 2009-11-01
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
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- Blog posts 2009-10-28
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Canon introduces EOS-1D Mark IV Digital SLR Camera
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- For ZDNet readers, tripods are casual accessories
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- Phantom Cine Toolkit for Final Cut Studio 2.0.12 (Mac)
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- Software downloads 2009-10-15
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
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