A digital camera is a device that captures and stores photographs electronically, without the need for film.
Think of a digital camera as a high-tech photo album. Instead of printing out pictures and sticking them in an album, a digital camera saves your photos directly onto its memory card.
Megapixels: The number of megapixels determines the resolution or quality of the image captured by a digital camera.
Shutter Speed: Shutter speed refers to how quickly the camera's shutter opens and closes, affecting the amount of light that enters and how motion is captured in a photograph.
ISO: ISO measures the sensitivity of your camera's image sensor. Higher ISO settings are used in low-light situations to capture brighter images, but they can also introduce more noise or graininess into the photo.
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