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From: Neil Harrington on 21 Jul 2010 12:58 "Paul Furman" <paul-@-edgehill.net> wrote in message news:4_6dnZYgBrR--dvRnZ2dnUVZ_oGdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > Mark F wrote: >> On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:42:49 -0400, "Neil Harrington" wrote, in part: >>> As someone mentioned a few days ago, "single-lens reflex" implies the >>> use of >>> a mirror. It will be very interesting to see what Nikon's "new type" of >>> SLR >>> is, but it sounds like the sort of interchangeable-lens EVF camera we've >>> already seen from other makers -- "mirrorless single-lens reflex" is a >>> contradiction in terms. My guess is somebody got something wrong in that >>> report. >> I had a "pellicle" camera in the 1960s that had a fixed mirror. I'm >> not sure exactly what "reflex" refers to, but I think that "mirrorless >> single-lens reflex" refers to the lack of a moving mirror > > Reflex means the mirror swings out of the way - reflexes. No, it just means "reflector." Mirror lenses are sometimes called reflex lenses for example. And no twin-lens reflex I ever owned or heard of had a swinging mirror. > But you could say Reflexless... > > Single Lens means *not* twin lens like this: > http://www.amazon.com/Blackbird-35mm-Twin-Reflex-Camera/dp/B001TKW92M > ... > > So it would be an Interchangeable Lens, Mirror-less, Non-twin-lens, > Reflex-less camera (ILMLNTLRL). But why have all the things it *doesn't* have part of the description? Nikon's "ILC" seems good enough. > > :-) > > Try pronouncing that acronym! Paul, I never even heard anyone pronounce "SLR." :-)
From: Paul Furman on 22 Jul 2010 12:21
Neil Harrington wrote: > "Paul Furman"<paul-@-edgehill.net> wrote in message > news:4_6dnZYgBrR--dvRnZ2dnUVZ_oGdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> Mark F wrote: >>> On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:42:49 -0400, "Neil Harrington" wrote, in part: >>>> As someone mentioned a few days ago, "single-lens reflex" implies the >>>> use of >>>> a mirror. It will be very interesting to see what Nikon's "new type" of >>>> SLR >>>> is, but it sounds like the sort of interchangeable-lens EVF camera we've >>>> already seen from other makers -- "mirrorless single-lens reflex" is a >>>> contradiction in terms. My guess is somebody got something wrong in that >>>> report. >>> I had a "pellicle" camera in the 1960s that had a fixed mirror. I'm >>> not sure exactly what "reflex" refers to, but I think that "mirrorless >>> single-lens reflex" refers to the lack of a moving mirror >> >> Reflex means the mirror swings out of the way - reflexes. > > No, it just means "reflector." Mirror lenses are sometimes called reflex > lenses for example. And no twin-lens reflex I ever owned or heard of had a > swinging mirror. Yeah, my bad - not thinking... >> But you could say Reflexless... >> >> Single Lens means *not* twin lens like this: >> http://www.amazon.com/Blackbird-35mm-Twin-Reflex-Camera/dp/B001TKW92M >> ... >> >> So it would be an Interchangeable Lens, Mirror-less, Non-twin-lens, >> Reflex-less camera (ILMLNTLRL). > > But why have all the things it *doesn't* have part of the description? Exactly! > Nikon's "ILC" seems good enough. > >> >> :-) >> >> Try pronouncing that acronym! > > Paul, I never even heard anyone pronounce "SLR." :-) > > |