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film and digital storage
Conventional film comes in rolls and sheets; digital cameras store images on memory cards.
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compact flash memory card
Rigid card used as a storage medium to record photos taken with digital cameras.
digital camera
sheet film
Semirigid film made to fit specific applications; it is usually loaded into a view camera.
view camera
film pack
Small rigid box containing a certain number of sheet films, which are dispensed successively as the camera operates; they are used in Polaroid® cameras.
Polaroid® camera
roll film
Band of film with a number of exposures; it is rolled on a spool and used in midsize cameras.
twin-lens reflex camera
medium format SLR (6 x 6)
cartridge film
Small lightproof container that holds a roll of film with a number of exposures, which is loaded into a camera.
underwater camera
stereo camera
rangefinder
single-lens reflex (SLR) camera: camera back
film disk
Round part surrounded by small rectangular films that is inserted in the rigid camera body.
disk camera
still video film disk
Disk used as a storage medium to record photographs taken with digital cameras.