# Digital still cameras

*/Products/Digital_still_cameras*

Digital cameras

## Product Bo M

**Input To**:
- [Still Image Capture](/Processes/Still_Image_Capture)
- [Digital Photography](/Processes/Digital_Photography)
**Summary**: A camera that captures still photographs by focusing light through a lens onto an image sensor and storing the resulting digital images. It is built from a lens assembly, an image sensor, an image processor, a shutter, a display, storage, and a battery, and feeds photography and imaging workflows.
**Output Of**:
- [Electronics Assembly](/Processes/Electronics_Assembly)
**Components**:
- Name: Camera Lens Assembly · Quantity Note: focuses light onto the sensor · Required Input: Optical Glass
- Name: Image Sensor · Quantity Note: CMOS or CCD imaging array · Required Input: Silicon Wafer
- Name: Image Signal Processor · Quantity Note: demosaicing and image processing · Required Input: 
- Name: Mechanical Shutter Assembly · Quantity Note: controls exposure time · Required Input: 
- Name: Printed Circuit Board Assembly · Quantity Note: main board · Required Input: Bare Printed Circuit Board
- Name: Liquid Crystal Display Panel · Quantity Note: preview and review screen · Required Input: 
- Name: Flash Memory Card Slot · Quantity Note: removable storage interface · Required Input: 
- Name: Lithium Ion Battery · Quantity Note: power source · Required Input: 
- Name: Magnesium Alloy Body · Quantity Note: body shell and lens mount · Required Input: Magnesium Alloy
**Packaged In**:
- [Foam Lined Retail Box](/Products/Foam_Lined_Retail_Box)
**Warranted By**:
- [Limited Hardware Warranty](/Services/Limited_Hardware_Warranty)
**Physical Good**: true
**Produced With**:
- [Surface Mount Assembly Line](/Products/Surface_Mount_Assembly_Line)
- [Optical Alignment Station](/Products/Optical_Alignment_Station)
**Runs Software**:
- [Camera Firmware](/Software/Camera_Firmware)
**Assembled From**:
- [Lens Module](/Products/Lens_Module)
- [Sensor And Processor Board](/Products/Sensor_And_Processor_Board)
- [Display And Control Assembly](/Products/Display_And_Control_Assembly)
**Consumes To Make**:
- [Solder Paste](/Products/Solder_Paste)
- [Electronic Components](/Products/Electronic_Components)
**Has Measurement**:
- [Sensor Resolution](/Metrics/Sensor_Resolution)
- [Dynamic Range](/Metrics/Dynamic_Range)
- [ISO Sensitivity Range](/Metrics/ISO_Sensitivity_Range)
- [Shutter Speed Range](/Metrics/Shutter_Speed_Range)
**Transforms Into**:
- [Photography Kit](/Products/Photography_Kit)

## Neighborhood

### Parent

- [Digital cameras](/Products/Digital_cameras) — parent · Products

### Siblings

- [Charge coupled device CCD color digital cameras](/Products/Charge_coupled_device_CCD_color_digital_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Color digital camera systems](/Products/Color_digital_camera_systems) — siblings · Products
- [Compact digital cameras](/Products/Compact_digital_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Digital stereoscopic cameras](/Products/Digital_stereoscopic_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [High-speed digital cameras](/Products/High-speed_digital_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Intraoral cameras](/Products/Intraoral_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Intraoral dental cameras](/Products/Intraoral_dental_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Large-format aerial digital cameras](/Products/Large-format_aerial_digital_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Line scan cameras](/Products/Line_scan_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Pan-tilt-zoom PTZ cameras](/Products/Pan-tilt-zoom_PTZ_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Panoramic digital cameras](/Products/Panoramic_digital_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Panoramic digital line cameras](/Products/Panoramic_digital_line_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [RGB cameras](/Products/RGB_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Single lens reflex SLR cameras](/Products/Single_lens_reflex_SLR_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Uncooled charge-coupled device cameras](/Products/Uncooled_charge-coupled_device_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Wide-field mosaic charge-coupled device CCD cameras](/Products/Wide-field_mosaic_charge-coupled_device_CCD_cameras) — siblings · Products

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### Warranted by

- [Hardware Warranty](/Services/Hardware_Warranty) — warranted by · Services

### Input to

- [Capturing Photographic Images](/Processes/Capturing_Photographic_Images) — input to · Processes
- [Digital Photography](/Processes/Digital_Photography) — input to · Processes

### Output of

- [Electronic Assembly](/Processes/Electronic_Assembly) — output of · Processes

### Transforms into

- [Camera kits](/Products/Camera_kits) — transforms into · Products

### Requires input

- [Bare printed circuit boards](/Products/Bare_printed_circuit_boards) — requires input · Products
- [Magnesium Alloy](/Products/Magnesium_Alloy) — requires input · Products
- [Silicon Wafer](/Products/Silicon_Wafer) — requires input · Products
- [Optical Glass](/Products/Optical_Glass) — requires input · Products

### Composed of

- [Printed circuit assemblies PCAs](/Products/Printed_circuit_assemblies_PCAs) — composed of · Products
- [Mechanical Shutter](/Products/Mechanical_Shutter) — composed of · Products
- [Liquid crystal display LCD panels or monitors](/Products/Liquid_crystal_display_LCD_panels_or_monitors) — composed of · Products
- [Image sensor integrated circuit](/Products/Image_sensor_integrated_circuit) — composed of · Products
- [Camera Lens](/Products/Camera_Lens) — composed of · Products
- [Magnesium Alloy Body](/Products/Magnesium_Alloy_Body) — composed of · Products
- [Lithium Ion Battery](/Products/Lithium_Ion_Battery) — composed of · Products
- [Flash Memory Card Slot](/Products/Flash_Memory_Card_Slot) — composed of · Products
- [Image Signal Processor](/Products/Image_Signal_Processor) — composed of · Products

### Consumes

- [Solder paste](/Products/Solder_paste) — consumes · Products
- [Electronic Component](/Products/Electronic_Component) — consumes · Products

### Produced with

- [Smt Assembly Line](/Products/Smt_Assembly_Line) — produced with · Products
- [Optical Alignment Station](/Products/Optical_Alignment_Station) — produced with · Products

### Measured by

- [ISO Range](/Metrics/ISO_Range) — measured by · Metrics
- [Detector Dynamic Range](/Metrics/Detector_Dynamic_Range) — measured by · Metrics
- [Shutter Speed Range](/Metrics/Shutter_Speed_Range) — measured by · Metrics
- [Sensor Resolution](/Metrics/Sensor_Resolution) — measured by · Metrics

### Problems this exposes

- [lens-mount and firmware fragmentation across model lines](/Problems/lens-mount_and_firmware_fragmentation_across_model_lines) — exposes problem · Problems
- [sensor dust ingress during lens changes degrading images](/Problems/sensor_dust_ingress_during_lens_changes_degrading_images) — exposes problem · Problems
- [shrinking standalone-camera market displaced by smartphones](/Problems/shrinking_standalone-camera_market_displaced_by_smartphones) — exposes problem · Problems
- [image-sensor supply-chain concentration constraining production](/Problems/image-sensor_supply-chain_concentration_constraining_production) — exposes problem · Problems

### Runs software

- [Camera Firmware](/Software/Camera_Firmware) — runs software · Software

### Packaged in

- [Foam Lined Retail Box](/Products/Foam_Lined_Retail_Box) — packaged in · Products

### Assembled from

- [Display And Control Assembly](/Products/Display_And_Control_Assembly) — assembled from · Products
- [Sensor And Processor Board](/Products/Sensor_And_Processor_Board) — assembled from · Products
- [Lens Module](/Products/Lens_Module) — assembled from · Products