Digital cameras & computers use Binary codes which is basicly 1's & 0's for example a camera could be 5 Megapixels = just over 5 million bytes.
So as a camera takes the image through the sensor converting it into binary, then it's just a case of the computer reading the binary code so you can see the great pictures you may have taken.
Digitizing
es a cam
Yes.
USB 3.0 > Firewire > USB 2.0
The Hubble Space Telescope, HST, has four cameras - three wide field (WF) cameras and one planetary camera (PC). Most images from HST is assembled from images from these four cameras, of which the PC is in the top right hand corner - that's why images from Hubble has a staggered appearance in that section of the image. Each camera uses a CCD that renders 800x800 pixels.
Digital cameras have number of advantages over traditional film cameras. Digital cameras can display images on a screen immediately after they have been taken. Also because of the advances on memory devices it is possible to store hundreds to thousands of images on a single small device, and deleting images to free storage space. Finally, digital cameras allow integration with modern digital systems (like cell phones) and photo transfer to and from computers.
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB and by transferring a storage card from camera to PC.
They use USB, SD, Micro SD and wirless.
Images can be transfered via electronic transmission, a PC cable or a memory chip. Plugging in the appropriate device and loading and then unloading will facilitate the transfer.
through USB, FireWire, Serial or Parallel connection.
Define "minimum." Are you referring to cheapest? Easiest? number of individual pieces of hardware?
If you use the e mail from your pc, you can send it to the e mail on your phone. Or, if you have a smart phone you can use the usb cable to connect the phone to the computer and download the pics that way.