What You Need To Know About SLR Cameras

Professional photographers no longer have the monopoly on SLR or DSLR cameras. Almost everyone now owns or at least knows how to operate a SLR or DSLR camera. With that said, it is important to learn about the basics of an SLR camera first.

What is an SLR camera?
A single-lens-reflex or SLR camera is a camera type, which allows for through the lens (TTL) viewing and metering. With this type of camera, you see exactly what will be transmitted onto the film or image plane.

What are the parts of an SLR camera?

SLR Lens
A SLR lens houses the glass elements, which capture and direct light through an iris or aperture into the mirror box.

Aperture or Iris
Contained within the lens, an aperture determines how much light is allowed into the mirror box.

Reflex Mirror
The reflex mirror transmits the light directed from the lens into the pentrapism. The mirror box houses the reflex mirror.