The 35mm digital camera is a fairly old term, today they are known as digital still cameras.

Only a decade or so ago, it was fairly common and normal for people to visit their local photography store in order to purchase film. Today it’s possible for you to transfer your images from your camera to your computer, which you can then email to family, friends and business partners. This has led to the slow phasing out of the film camera.

The digital camera you see today, whether it’s from Nikon, Canon or some other popular brands are now becoming the conventional way to take pictures.

The digital cameras that you will find in the marketplace today have a plethora of features. It’s not uncommon for you to discover cameras that are pocket size, whether it is from Panasonic, Nikon, Sony or Canon, with an LCD screen that is 2.5”. It can also be rather liberating for you to see how the image will appear through the lens prior to taking the shot. The most pivotal feature is one’s ability to be able to inspect how the image will look prior to taking the picture.

You can purchase these cameras in a variety of styles, which ensures that there is a camera out there made for you. Today you have the option of buying a camera with no zoom, to one that has 12x optical zoom. In a 35mm digital camera, it will be around 35 to 420mm in focal length, which is considerably more powerful zoom that you would otherwise have gotten in the older 35mm.

These digital still cameras also come with a movie mode, which you can select without or with sound, for emailing a movie to your family, friends, or business associates or for viewing your TV.

You can also purchase these digital still cameras in many different sizes from 3 megapixels, which will enable you to be able to print photos as large as 8 x 10, to 8 megapixel cameras. With these latest cameras, you are not only given the option of being able to make much larger photos, but it’s also possible for you to crop images without having to worry about any pixilation issues.

In the past cameras were described by their 35mm type. Today cameras are described by a lot more than just their format, such as whether or not its digital, but also other attributes such as megapixels, optical zoom and LCD size.