We're looking at a Canon EOS Rebel XTi 10 MP D-SLR camera. What does 'SLR' mean?
2007-11-13 14:58:13 · 12 answers · asked by Char 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
SLR stands for Single Lens Reflex. This dates back to film camera days to a degree. Rather than having a seperate viewfinder, an SLR camera used a mirror system to reflect light to the viewfinder, snapping out of view when you want to expose the frame.
In the digital world, you generally have a live preview option, along with an optical viewfinder that was slightly off of the actual lens. A D-SLR camera (Digital-SLR) generally lacks a realtime LCD preview, since the mirror is in the way, although newer DSLR cameras do offer the ability to offer the traditional preview like a standard digital.
The main advantage of SLR and D-SLR cameras are interchangeable lenses, and most true SLR cameras don't come with a lens. According to canon's website, this one doesn't either.
2007-11-13 15:11:12 · answer #1 · answered by Jay Moore 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
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We're looking at a Canon EOS Rebel XTi 10 MP D-SLR camera. What does 'SLR' mean?
2015-02-03 04:11:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Does Slr Stand For
2016-09-30 01:23:21 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Does Slr Mean
2016-12-16 08:10:08 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It stands for single lens reflex. One of the biggest differences between an SLR and a compact is that you can interchange lenses with an SLR.
2007-11-13 15:06:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Single Lense Reflex, meaning there is a single lens through which the light from the image you are going to capture enters the camera. When setting up the shot, and viewing it with a standard (35mm) SLR camera, the light is reflected by a mirror to the objective lens, where you view what the camera "sees". When you press the shutter to capture your shot, the mirror flips up exposing the film to the incoming light (more complicated than this, but that is the basic idea.) This means that unlike cameras with two lenses, one for the film and one for the viewfinder, you see exactly the same image your camera will capture with the SLR. With a camera with two lenses for example, something can be blocking the film's lens that you can't see through the viewfinder. In a digital SLR camera, the setup is the same, except there obviously is no film.
2007-11-13 15:09:20 · answer #6 · answered by theseeker4 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-07-30 07:08:24 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SLR stands for single lens reflex. Basically it means you get a "real time image" The light (image) goes through the lens to the mirror and is then shown in the view finder. What you see is what you get. It also unofficially means its got interchangeable lenses. Hope this helps
2007-11-13 15:09:08 · answer #8 · answered by Hartford Whalers 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
SingleLensReflex.
2007-11-13 15:05:17 · answer #9 · answered by newyorkgal71 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Single Lens Reflex . . .
2007-11-13 15:05:26 · answer #10 · answered by Tim H 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋