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On Jul 8, 8:08 am, Pat <gro...@artisticphotography.us> wrote: > Digital SLRs became dSLRs and SLRs remained the same. Meanwhile, > Now the dSLRs are the primary type of SLRs, I wonder when/if they will > So when/if do you think the name change will occur and dSLRs will just So for me “camera” defaults to the DSLR. If I am talking about my film SLR I always state that it is a "film Scott
> When I was young, we had "unleaded" and regular gasoline. At sometime Normally I call my DSLR "my camera" if I am using my P&S I call it
> "regular" just disappears and we had unleaded. Now, "regular" IS
> "unleaded" and leaded gas doesn't exist -- and if it did, it was be
> called "leaded", not "regular". As times have changed, our names have
> changed, too.
> digital P&Ss just became P&Ss, not dP&Ss, without any troubled or
> problem distiguishing the cameras.
> become SLRs and the "d" will be dropped. When that happens, do we
> called the old film cameras fSLRs?
> be SLRs? Or, do you think the mirror will disappear and they will
> become something like SLCs (single lens cameras)?
"the point and shoot"
SLR" never just an SLR.