What is a camera with changeable lenses called?
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My friend mentioned a type of camera that can be used with different lenses. What is this kind of camera called, and is there a common term people usually mean when they talk about one?
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Any camera that allows you to change the lens is an interchangeable lens camera. This is an extremely broad category these days, as it includes 3/4 format cameras, SLRs, SLTs or mirrorless cameras, medium format and large format cameras.
The type of camera that probably springs to most people's mind when talking about a camera with interchangeable lenses is the SLR - single lens reflex - camera.
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The general term is an interchangeable-lens camera — a camera designed so you can remove one lens and attach another.
That’s a broad category and includes several types, such as DSLR/SLR, mirrorless, and some medium- or large-format systems.
If someone casually says “a camera with changeable lenses,” they often mean an SLR (single-lens reflex) or DSLR, since that’s the type many people first think of. But the correct umbrella term is interchangeable-lens camera.
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