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Camera types

While every type of camera has its own strengths and weaknesses, most can be classified according to a few basic categories: DSLR/SLR, compact digital. Micro Four Thirds (digital), toy, zone focus, and instant (Polaroid). This is riot a definitive list, but it does include all the camera types covered in this book.

DSLR/SLR

DSLR (digital single lens reflex) and SLR (single lens reflex) cameras are essentially the same, the only difference being that DSLRs use a digital sensor to record an image where SLRs use film. SLRs allow you to look through the lens that takes the picture. This ensures that the picture you see through the view finder will be exactly the same as the picture you take. SLRs allow complete creative freedom, and ...