It’s now the second decade of the 21st century, so stop using the phrase “digital camera”. It’s been redundant for years. All cameras are digital, film is the exception. Feel free to use the term “film camera” when talking about a camera that uses film. Otherwise, it’s just “camera”. No more “DSLR” either.
And another thing:
Long ago, motion picture cameras produced “motion pictures” which were commonly nicknamed ”movies”. An amateur motion picture camera was called a “movie camera” and it produced “movies”.
Since the 1950s, it’s been possible to record moving pictures onto magnetic tape which was called ”videotape”. Since the 1980s, a movie camera that used videotape was called a “video camera” and the product it produced was called a “video”.
The moving pictures from today’s camera is neither a “movie” nor a “video”. Cameras do not use film or videotape but instead, they use flash memory. Throughout photo history, the end product has been named after the medium or the technology used.
So, to keep up with the changing times, a new, modern name is required for digital moving pictures.
We could use the name “memory” because of the flash memory used and it would be quite appropriate. For example, someone could say, “Go to my web site and watch some of the memories I made last week.”
How about the term “flashie” or “pixie”?
Any other suitable name for digitally-recorded moving pictures?
:-)
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