{"id":7803,"date":"2016-04-28T14:23:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T14:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/digital-film\/"},"modified":"2022-04-30T16:26:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T16:26:23","slug":"digital-film","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/15205\/digital-film","title":{"rendered":"Digital Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_digital_film_mean\">What Does Digital Film Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Digital film is any medium which is used for storage of images in digital cameras. Most digital cameras use digital film based on flash memory cards or other removable types of media. It all depends on the compatibility of the storage medium with the different types of digital cameras. Digital film has numerous benefits such as faster writing speeds and larger capacities.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_digital_film\">Techopedia Explains Digital Film<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Types of digital film are undergoing changes with the rapidly changing digital camera market. Many digital camera manufacturers produce their own proprietary digital film for their cameras. In almost all cases, a USB cable is provided with digital cameras for transferring the stored images from the digital film to a computer. In some cases, the data can be moved from the camera to the computer by manually inserting the medium into the appropriate drive of the computer. There are different types of digital film available on the market with popular ones being Secure Digital, CompactFlash and SmartMedia.<\/p>\n<p>There are many benefits associated with digital film, such as lower prices per storage capacity compared to other alternatives. 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