Zoom-lens reflex camera

Olympus IS50QD

A Zoom-lens reflex (or ZLR) camera is a low-end Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera having an integrated zoom lens rather than the interchangeable lenses found on other SLR cameras.

The term was coined by Olympus for the IS-series film cameras.[1] Olympus also applied the designation to the D-500L & D-600L in press releases carried by PR Newswire.[2] Olympus now refers to these cameras, along with the D-620L,[3] simply as "Digital cameras".[4][5]

For the E-10 and E-20 digital cameras, while some journalists[6] continued to apply the term ZLR, Olympus themselves reverted to using the term SLR.[7][8]

In recent years, some have applied the misnomer ZLR to any camera superficially resembling an SLR whether or not it actually had a reflex mirror, e.g. the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8. (See: Bridge camera)

References

  1. ↑ Wesson, Roger; van Veluwen, Hans. "Olympus Camera History". Retrieved 2008-02-07.
  2. ↑ "Olympus First To Announce Zoom Lens Reflex Digital Cameras - PR Newswire - HighBeam Research". Retrieved 2008-02-07.
  3. ↑ "Olympus D-620L Digital Camera". d-store. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
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  6. ↑ McNamara, Michael (July 2001). "Olympus CAMEDIA E-10 - - PopPhotoJuly 2001". Popular Photography Magazine. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
  7. ↑ Olympus America Inc. - CCS Department. "Archived Products > E-10". Olympusamerica.com. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  8. ↑ Olympus America Inc. - CCS Department. "Archived Products > E-20N". Olympusamerica.com. Retrieved 2013-10-15.

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