Re: SLR - what does it mean?

pecan wrote:

Brendan Gillatt wrote:
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There is no difference between a film and a digital SLR apart from the capture medium - a sensor or a roll of film.


Thanks for that...
My camera has the option of alternating between the preview method, or using the eyepiece, in which case the preview screen doesn't work.
Not sure what mine is, but have a better understanding.
Thanks,

If you have a Dimage 5, 7, A1, A2 or A200, then it is not a SLR.
The reason is that the "eyepiece" (viewfinder) is just a tiny LCD with a magnifier to act as an eyepiece.
Notice that when you use the manual focus setting and turn the fucos ring, the viefinder image magnifies 4x; that simply isn't possible with a TTL optical reflex viewfinder that is found on a SLR camera.
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