What is the difference between digital SLR and film SLR camera?

Answer 1

A digital camera captures images through electronic sensors called "pixels", which each are sensitive to light. Put enough pixels together, stand back and it looks like a picture. Electronic images are then stored as data on electronic media such as disks or flash memory; a digital camera refers only to the way the image is captured and stored. On the contrary, a non-digital or film camera uses a roll of light-sensitive film contained within the camera to capture an image. "SLR" stands for "Single Lense Reflex", meaning that the operator looks OPTICALLY through the same lense as the camera when taking the picture. Many older cameras had a lens for the operator to look through and a separate lense for the camera. There was a problem with paralax, focus, lense length and image composition. SLR camras solved those problems by providing a system of mirrors, which allowed the user to focus and compose his image properly. When the operator of a SLR camra pushed the shutter release, the mirror moved out of the way and the shutter exposed the film. SLR cameras also allow the operator to change lenses allowing for long shots with telephoto lenses, wide angle shots, ultra-wide angle shots and even mounting to astronomy quality telescopes. The same method is used in some high-end digital cameras, often called DSLM, or Digital Single Lens Mirrorless cameras, because of their lack of a mirror.

Answer 2

The difference is in what is used to capture the light. In film SLRs, the film exposed to light needs to be chemically processed. In digital SLRs, the sensor detects light and can produce high-quality images instantly and without buying more film.

Answer 3

The difference is their sensor, Digital cameras has large sensors and TTL (through the lens) optical viewfinder while Compact system camera don't have TTL and interchangeable lens except for the modern Compact. There is a quality difference because of the impact of the light that passes through the lens. There is also a difference on the pricing, compact is affordable than Digital; and mostly used by professional photographer. Even though latest compact system camera has a secondary lens that can be zoom in or out, it still remains to have a lower light impact on the images.

Answer 4

DSLR stands for " digital single lens reflex" and are the modern equivalents of the film based single lens reflex cameras. As the name suggests, they are digital and use an electronic sensor as any other digital camera does.

The difference between DSLRs and other digital cameras is in the way the photographer sees images in preparation to take a picture.

A single lens reflex camera uses a mirror positioned behind the lens to direct the light onto a viewing screen. The viewfinder delivers an image using the same lens as that used to capture a picture. When the shutter is released, the mirror moves out of the light path, the image is captured and the mirror returns to its normal position. The photographer sees the viewfinder go dark for a fraction of a second.

Other digital cameras use a separate optical viewfinder or have a display on the rear of the camera that shows whatever the sensor is viewing.

A DSLR tends to be much larger than other types of digital camera but they share many features such as auto-focus, auto--exposure, manual overrides and so on. The SLR is designed to be a robust and flexible camera and generally there will be a wide range of lenses and other accessories that other compact digital cameras do not have.

Although many compact digital cameras produce excellent pictures and are of outstanding quality, the DSLR is the camera that lends itself to the professional and serious amateur photographer by providing flexibility and because of the accuracy of the viewfinder compared to those of a compact camera.

Answer 5

The D stands for digital. DSLR's use a digital sensor for saving the image instead of photographic film

Answer 6

A digital SLR is convenient in the sense that it can fit in ones pocket and be taken any where. It is also relatively inexpensive. SLR's are for professional photo shooters.

Answer 7

The difference between a single lens reflex (SLR) and a digital lens reflex (DSLR) is simply that the SLR saves an image to film, while the DSLR saves an image to a memory card.