Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation single-lens reflex
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- initialism photography
single-lens reflex camera - initialism firearms self-loading rifle
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Examples
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The key advantage of an SLR is that you can look through the viewfinder and see exactly what is in your frame.
Full-frame or bust « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2009
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In Japanese, an SLR is 一眼レフ, ichigan refu, very much a direct translation of Single-Lens Reflex camera.
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The carbon fiber composite material on the SLR comes from the techology transfer of Formula 1 racing.
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But whether I can get "postcard-quality photos" out of the digital like I can with the film SLR is another question.
Fencers at the Athens Olympics JDsg 2005
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But whether I can get "postcard-quality photos" out of the digital like I can with the film SLR is another question.
Archive 2005-06-01 JDsg 2005
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You’ll be aware I use a wide range of cameras from various sources but I still find that taking an SLR is a specific decision, whereas a pocketable camera can be an all the time option.
Full-frame or bust « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2009
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Canon’s 5D Mark II hasn’t even come out yet, but its ability to shoot high definition video on a digital SLR is turning heads.
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Canon’s 5D Mark II hasn’t even come out yet, but its ability to shoot high definition video on a digital SLR is turning heads.
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The SLR is the only Monolink saddle option available.
Wrenched and Ridden Review: Selle Italia SLR Monolink saddle and Monolink seatpost 2011
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In other words, you're not going to get cancer tomorrow by drinking water with the same level of the pollutant as that was detected and reported to be present in SLR.
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