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[Kiera]

What does SLR mean? and also 35mm SLR?

Thanks

[The Vortex]

SLR Means Single Lens Reflex. It is a couple of mirrors that slap shut to capture images. Wikipedia have all the info (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-lens_refle x_camera)

[vehelpfulguy]

It stand for Single Lens Reflex.

In most (cheaper) cameras the hole you look through is NOT the same as the lens taking the picture. That means you are never taking EXACTLY what you want to take.

With an SLR, when you look through the viewfinder you are looking through the actual lens that takes the picture. So when you take a picture of exactly what you are seeing.

This also means that if you have a wide angle lens, or a long focus lens, you see exaclty what the lens is seeing.

As you take the picture a small mirror "jumps" out the way allowing the light to hit the film (or CCD in a digital camera)

a 35mm SLR is just an SLR camera that takes 35m film, the film that most cameras use (befire most of the world went digital)

Here is a picture showing how it all works.

http://www.yesmag.bc.ca/how_work/slr_camera.gi f

[The Vortex]

Take off the extra bracket. My mistake!

[Kiera]

Thanks

Been looking around for cameras and have seen SLR camera but was not sure what it meant plus they were over my budget.

Have just bought myself a Sony Cybershot H5 so my next camera will have to save up and get the SLR.

I have got interested in photography and would like to take it up as a hobby and print my own pictures at home.