Photo Quickies

When PhotoQuickie first started getting into photography, we heard of people spending a lot of money to buy a SLR. Aside from a larger price tag and not being able to fit their camera snugly in their coat pocket, we really had no idea what the difference was. An impromptu survey of our friends revealed the same confusion.

SLR stands for Single Lens Reflex and cameras of this type have a single mirror that reflects the image up into the optical viewfinder. When a picture is taken, the mirror flips out of the way so the image is projected into the photo sensor.

Why does this matter to us budding photographers? Well, the mirror lets PhotoQuickie see exactly what our camera will capture (no parallax problems!). Aside from that, SLRs can generally use interchangable lenses which are of higher quality and can allow for finer focusing. Perfect for the blury background effect that PhotoQuickie loves.

Read more about: SLR, Choosing which dSLR to buy.

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