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| only, then you obviously haven't heard about SLR | | | | around $2,000 and the 11-megapixel Canon 1D |
| (Single Lens Reflex) digital cameras. SLR is a type | | | | runs near $8,000. This is for the camera body |
| of camera which has one lens for composing the | | | | only and does not include a lens! This is why I |
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| also known as TTL (through-the-lens) cameras.An | | | | camera that will mount your existing lens |
| SLR camera displays an image through the | | | | collection. Just a good quality zoom lens can run |
| viewfinder that is exactly the same image as the | | | | you at least $3,000 and can climb as high as |
| camera sees and is exactly the same image that | | | | $10,000 depending upon the features!Of course, |
| the camera is going to record when you release | | | | there are also starter-priced digital SLR cameras |
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| more accurate image through the viewfinder than | | | | camera, which includes a non-replaceable lens that |
| a digital camera produces on its LCD because the | | | | is capable of duplicating a 35 mm to 140 mm lens, |
| LCD does not faithfully reproduce the colors and | | | | runs around $3500.These prices are not out of |
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| rival the best film-based SLR cameras and are | | | | when you shoot digital pictures, instead of |
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| behind the lens as well as an optical device known | | | | expensive for your blood, then you'll probably find |
| as a pentaprism to channel the light that enters | | | | all of the digital camera that you'll ever need way |
| the camera's lens to the optical finder. When you | | | | down in the $99 to $500 price range and you'll |
| release the shutter the mirror moves out of the | | | | never have to worry about buying extra lenses. |
| way and the image is captured in the same way | | | | Digital SLR cameras aren't for everyone but, if |
| as any digital camera.The better digital SLR | | | | they're for you, then there are |
| cameras let you mount different lenses just like | | | | plenty of models to look at. SOme of the best |
| their film-based counterparts do. Many of your | | | | are made by Canon, Olympus and Nikon which |
| existing 35mm lens may be compatible with a | | | | are familiar names in the photography |
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