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SLR camera Can you please tell me what the difference is between a Digital Camera and a SLR Digital camera?
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KV Day |
SLR you can change out the lenses.
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Welcome to betterphoto.com. Both a digital camera and an SLR digital work off the same principle. The only real difference is in the way the viewfinder sees the image. A standard point and shoot digital will, through the viewfinder (not the viewscreen) will offer an image through a different lense than the one that takes the photograph. With an SLR digital, the viewfinder will see an image through the same lense that captures the photograph. Higher dollar digital SLR's (and some point and shoot digitals) will have interchangeable lenses. This means more versatility when it comes to things like macro photography and wildlife photography (you don't really want to be ten feet from a bear to get a good shot). I hope I've helped a little with your question. Have fun and keep shooting,
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Hi Vicki; I used to say that until I saw the new line of Leica digital cameras. Leica went with the older style including the interchangeable lenses, but in digital format. Have fun and keep shooting,
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robert G. Fately |
Folks, there's one more difference I can mention. First, of course, a true SLR (or DSLR) uses mirrors and prisms to reflect the light coming through the lens to get it to the viewfinder eyepiece. So, what you see int he viewfinder is exactly the lighting coming through the lens itself. A DSLR uses the same technology, but substitutes a chip for the film that would be at the image plane. When the shot is taken, the mechanics of the camera move the mirror out of the way and the chip or film is exposed. A non-SLR digital camera uses a chip to gather the image, but the light coming through the lens is not redirected to the eyepiece. Rather, what you are seeing in the viewfinder is a "live image" from the chip itself as shown on a tiny monitor. This means that the mechanical mirror assembly is eliminated, and along with that some weight, vibration and cost. That said, there is one general difference between DSLRs and digital point& shoots (even the prosumer ones) - the chip used in DSLRs is made for still shooting, and as such when you press the shutter button the shutter fires virtually instantaneously (just like with a film camera). The CCDs used in most P&S camera,s though, were originally made for movie camera use - they are a bit smaller physically but also require a certain amount of "setup" time to take a still shot. Thus, there is usually a noticeable lag between the time you press the shutter button and the time the shutter actually fires. I've experienced this on entry-level P&S models as well as the Panasonic Lumix FZ20 I used to have. The time lag is a mere fraction of a second, but for action type shots this can be the difference between junior swinging for the ball and junior having already swung. In other words, a tenth of a second can be a lot in some circumstances. To my knowledge, Leica and Epson's "rangefinder style" digital cameras use the higher end SLR type chips, so that issue doesn't exist with them either.
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