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I'm guessing, but it's probably because, in the film cameras, anyway,
one looked and focused
through the single lens via a 45 degree mirror (reflector) which flipped
out of the way when the
shutter was released. A prismatic reflector reflected the light through
the view finder (and corrected
the image reversal caused by the first mirror). I don't suppose digital
SLR's need these mirrors;
perhaps they are called SLR's because the look like SLR's.
David
Darren New wrote:
> Florian Pesth wrote:
>> IIRC Darren asked, why a DSLR is called *single* lens reflex camera.
>
> Actually, I asked why it was called a single lens *reflex* camera. But
> that's cool. :-)
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