2006-12-27 12:59:41 · 5 answers · asked by Fancy_shit 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
As other answers tell you it stands for Single Lens Reflex. Single Lens refers to the fact that the camera has no separate viewfinder. Both setup and shooting are done through the only glass on the camera i.e. the one lens. Point and shoot cameras with separate viewfinders may be referred to as a twin lens camera.
Reflex refers to the mirror apparatus that reflects light from the lens to the eyepiece. This hangs down in front of the shutter and shows the photographer what the picture will look like. At the instant that the shutter is pressed this mirror flips up or "reflexes" out of the way of the shutter allowing light to pass to the film/sensor.
Thus the combined term Single Lens Reflex.
2006-12-27 13:07:27 · answer #1 · answered by teef_au 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
SLR stands for Single Lens Reflex. You look through the viewfinder and what yousee is exacr=tly what the picture will look like as you are viewing the scene through the same lens as the camera uses for the phoptograph. When you press the shutter a mirror which you have been viewing the scene through is lifted and the image is captured by the film
2006-12-27 21:05:43 · answer #2 · answered by hharry_m_uk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SLR - single lens reflex
2006-12-27 21:01:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
basically a camera that can change lenses
2006-12-27 21:47:41 · answer #4 · answered by jimbob j 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
teef_au is spot on...
2006-12-29 02:07:51 · answer #5 · answered by chiefof nothing 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋