Editing Digital camera back (section)

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}}{{Short description|Digital image sensor that attaches to the back of a film camera}}
[[File:Sensor IMG 2924.jpg|thumb|[[Sinar]] eVolution 75 digital camera back sensor, mountable on a select range of medium-format camera brands, 2007, 33 megapixels, price {{circa}} [[euro|€]]15,000]]
[[File:Mamiya RZ67 film back 6x7.jpg|thumb|Traditional negative [[120 film]] camera back, attached to a Mamiya RZ67 Professional medium-format camera]]

A '''digital camera back''' is a device that attaches to the back of a camera in place of the traditional [[Negative (photography)|negative]] [[film holder]] and contains an [[electronics|electronic]] [[image sensor]]. This allows cameras that were designed to use [[photographic film|film]] take [[digital photography|digital photographs]]. These camera backs are generally expensive by consumer standards ([[US$]]5,000 and up) and are primarily built to be attached on [[Medium format (film)|medium-]] and [[large format|large-format]] cameras used by [[Photography#Commercial|professional photographers]].