Smartphone Industry Posing a Threat to The Digital Camera Market
Digital camera, which is commonly known as a digicam, refers to a multi-media device which assists in capturing photographs and videos digitally. Unlike a film camera, digital camera uses charged coupled device (CCD) for capturing images that are stored in an electronic format of the memory card. This eradicates the film process, i.e., the requirement of developing a film-roll in the dark room. A digital camera also offers the flexibility of deleting and retrieving an image from the memory, without the requirement of getting it printed. Often, still images/video clips can be simultaneously viewed over the display screen and transferred to other devices via USB cable or an inbuilt Wi-Fi system. In addition to this, a digital camera helps the user in performing elementary image editing. Some of the other specialised functions offered by a digital camera include auto focus, shutter speed, panorama view, best-shot selector and exposure control. In the year 1975, Steve Sasson, a