The never ending problem of "classification" !
...Wayne
>
> > You could argue that it IS a DSLR but not an SLR.
>
> I argue that the definition of an SLR/DSLR is formfactor, not specific
> technology. The problem with tying it to technology is that every time you
> make even the most minor change to it you risk having to come up with an
all
> new nomenclature. That gets pretty nonsensical.
>
> Same with rangefinder cameras. To me, this term applies to a
> shape/functionality/usage factor, not the specific technology used for
> focusing.
>
> Further down the list would be point-and-shoots. This isn't just a
technology
> or even category of buyer, but a formfactor. Most of the
> m43 cameras would fall into this category, but strangely enough, so would
> the old Olympus XA even though technically it is a rangefinder camera.
>
> That's why this whole EVIL, MSC or whever somebody tries to say just
> doesn't take off. When it comes right down to it, lens-mount flexibility
> doesn't change which of these three categories a camera will fall into.
It's a
> pretty big tent that covers each of these three categories. The Nikon 1
> system is a perfect case in point. It absolutely falls in the
point-and-shoot
> category. No amount of lens changing is going to lift it out of that
category.
> Once you slap a lens on the camera, it looks, feels and operates exactly
like
> any other point-and-shoot in the same pricing. In fact, the Nikon is
EXACTLY
> like the non-interchangeable-lens camera.
>
> The OM-D is most certainly a DSLR even though the "R" for reflex is an
> anochronism. No more so an anochronism than the aperture and speed
> settings we can't seem to get rid of. F5.6 at 1/125... huh? On the flip
side, we
> never really called Hasselblads SLRs even though they were too. Not like
> TLRs, which definitely had an entire culture unto their own, but in that
> category we rarely differentiated between fixed-lens TLR and
> interchangeable-lens TLRs by name.
>
> AG
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