Digital cinema camera systems and components thereof, sold individually or as a unit, comprised of, cameras, optical digital image sensors, camera lenses, flash memory cards, electronic memories, hard drives for video recorders, video monitors and flat panel display screens, all for use in the creation, storage, delivery, manipulation, recording, playback or viewing of video and photos with a range of intensity levels of luminance and contrast between the lightest and darkest areas of an image; digital cinema camera systems comprising cameras and operational software therefor for merging multiple images to create a final still or motion image containing a range of intensity levels of luminance and contrast between the lightest and darkest areas of the image; software for digital camera systems which enables the merging of multiple images to create a final still or motion image containing a range of intensity levels of luminance and contrast between the lightest and darkest areas of the image; computer software for the editing, manipulation, and integration of multiple digital still or motion images to create a final still or motion image containing a range of intensity levels of luminance and contrast between the lightest and darkest areas of the image