How Digital Cameras Actually Work—And Why They’re So Cheap

chance are you ’ve got a digital photographic camera of some kind in your scoop or bag , but you ’ve never given too much thought how it really works . picture go on computer , not picture . Right , well , here ’s a childlike and square explanation of how that happens , exactly .

Bill Hammack , theEngineer Guy , explain the mechanics of how digital picture taking works with the charge - coupled machine ( CCD ) sensors found on most point - and - shoot or mobile phone television camera , and why that method acting is both cheap and in effect . There are actually some pretty interesting cost - savers and workarounds in place . And while higher end digital camera today have proceed ontoMOS or CMOSsensors , CCD is still in a immense turn of the real camera in actual pockets out there . [ YouTube ]

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