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"Roland Karlsson" wrote in message
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Woodchuck Bill wrote in
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Sort of, there are at least two Digital SLR Cameras out there from
Olympus the E-10 and E-20 neither of which had interchangeable lenses.

Those are ZLRs.

Yes they are - and they are also SLR. ZLR is Olympus name
for an SLR camera with a non interchangable zoom lens.


/Roland

The term ZLR came about when Olympus brought out the IS series. This
differentiated them from the OM series and its competitors. They were still
Single Lens Reflex; one lens with a reflecting mirror. The term now seems
to be for cameras with an electronic viewfinder; Nikon 8700, Olympus 8080,
etc. The Olympus E10 and E20, as well as the old C2500i, no longer fit in
the ZLR category.
I have never liked the P&S category. With today's automation, almost every
camera is a Point&Shoot.
Ron

"Ron Zeis" wrote in
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The term ZLR came about when Olympus brought out the IS series. This
differentiated them from the OM series and its competitors. They were
still Single Lens Reflex; one lens with a reflecting mirror.

Yepp - thats correct.

The term
now seems to be for cameras with an electronic viewfinder; Nikon 8700,
Olympus 8080, etc. The Olympus E10 and E20, as well as the old
C2500i, no longer fit in the ZLR category.

Hmmmm ... we will see. I am not so sure that this misinformation
will win in the long run. The E10 etc are ZLR. The new and faulty
naming is not all that clever. Rather dunmb really.

I have never liked the P&S category. With today's automation, almost
every camera is a Point&Shoot.

Yepp - thats entirely correct.

The old and useful definition of P&S is cameras
that you only can P&S with. Now it seems that many
(totally faulty) calls anything that is small and
cheap(ish) for P&S. That is of course useless. If
we are lucky this strange notion will not survive
the tooth of time.



/Roland