Word: slr
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...aficionados of auto-racing and high-performance sports cars, Gordon Murray is a legend. He's designed championship-winning Formula One cars, as well as two iconic, drop-dead-beautiful sports cars: the McLaren F1, one of the fastest road cars ever made, and the Mercedes SLR McLaren. These cars were, of course, built for speed and power; fuel economy wasn't even an afterthought. So it's somewhat surprising that the 63-year-old South African engineer is now more interested in cleaning up the planet by reducing carbon emissions than cleaning up at a Grand Prix finish line...
...want to see what the public thinks when they look at the world through a camera," says Lee. "Whether you've got a point-and-shoot or are buying a digital SLR, it's about engaging, going out to shoot, going out to see work and create work...
...lightheartedly replies that digital photography has “more of a stigma,” but that “you have to push the opportunity,” regardless of your instrument. Merrill says that, even from a technical point of view, the single lens reflex (SLR) digital cameras allow you to “exercise a fair bit of creative control.” He also draws a parallel to another change in photographic technology that was met with initial doubt. “At first, color photography wasn’t seen as a valid artistic...
...professional photographer, nor am I a devoted hobbyist, but I do like to take good pictures. Digital SLR cameras resemble older single lens reflex film cameras in form and function but don't mind if you shoot mostly in "auto," that is to say, "idiot" mode, so I like them...
...Some are banking on the digital slr (or dslr) - a digital version of classic single-lens-reflex cameras. Photo enthusiasts pay a premium for slr cameras because they equate them with quality: slrs let users add different lenses, and are known for capturing more light and for snapping exactly what the photographer views through the finder. Canon and Nikon, both strong slr players from the analog days, are leading the charge. Sony, too, is moving for the first time into dslrs with its Alpha dslr A100, which hit the market in July. The camera uses slr technology Sony acquired from...