| -- End Ad Box ---> | | | | look for a digital SLR that is compatible with them. |
| If you think that digital cameras are for snapshots | | | | Because the digital SLR cameras are more |
| only, then you obviously haven't heard about SLR | | | | professional, they come with a hefty price tag. A |
| (Single Lens Reflex) digital cameras. SLR is a type | | | | 6-megapixel Nikon D100 runs around $2,000 and |
| of camera which has one lens for composing the | | | | the 11-megapixel Canon 1D runs near $8,000. This |
| frame and capturing the image. SLR cameras are | | | | is for the camera body only and does not include |
| also known as TTL (through-the-lens) cameras. | | | | a lens! This is why I mentioned earlier that you |
| An SLR camera displays an image through the | | | | should look for a digital camera that will mount |
| viewfinder that is exactly the same image as the | | | | your existing lens collection. Just a good quality |
| camera sees and is exactly the same image that | | | | zoom lens can run you at least $3,000 and can |
| the camera is going to record when you release | | | | climb as high as $10,000 depending upon the |
| the shutter. | | | | features! |
| An SLR camera provides a much more accurate | | | | Of course, there are also starter-priced digital SLR |
| image through the viewfinder than a digital | | | | cameras available. The Olympus E-20N, a |
| camera produces on its LCD because the LCD | | | | 5.0-megapixel SLR camera, which includes a |
| does not faithfully reproduce the colors and light | | | | non-replaceable lens that is capable of duplicating a |
| intensity that is actually entering the camera. | | | | 35 mm to 140 mm lens, runs around $3500. |
| The top of the line SLR digital cameras rival the | | | | These prices are not out of line if you make your |
| best film-based SLR cameras and are designed | | | | living shooting pictures. You can actually create |
| for serious hobbyists and professional | | | | additional revenue streams when you shoot digital |
| photographers. Digital SLR cameras are much | | | | pictures, instead of film-based ones, by offering |
| larger, bulkier, and heavier than traditional digital | | | | image enhancement options and all sorts of digital |
| cameras. | | | | FX options for thee prospective bride and |
| The SLR uses a mirror that is located behind the | | | | groom's on their treasured wedding album. |
| lens as well as an optical device known as a | | | | If all of this sounds a bit too expensive for your |
| pentaprism to channel the light that enters the | | | | blood, then you'll probably find all of the digital |
| camera's lens to the optical finder. When you | | | | camera that you'll ever need way down in the |
| release the shutter the mirror moves out of the | | | | $99 to $500 price range and you'll never have to |
| way and the image is captured in the same way | | | | worry about buying extra lenses. Digital SLR |
| as any digital camera. | | | | cameras aren't for everyone but, if they're for |
| The better digital SLR cameras let you mount | | | | you, then there are plenty of models to look at. |
| different lenses just like their film-based | | | | SOme of the best are made by Canon, Olympus |
| counterparts do. Many of your existing 35mm lens | | | | and Nikon which are familiar names in the |
| may be compatible with a digital SLR. If you have | | | | photography world. |
| a large lens collection then you should definitely | | | | |