*Source: News.com (
http://news.com.com/Digital+SLRs+tha...tag=nefd.top)*
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To an ordinary person, the summer might mean barbecues, baseball games and trips to the beach. To a photography nut, however, it means longer days of sunlight, brighter subject colors (beach balls, bathing suits) and more people who don't have to be told to "smile!"
Nothing has turned more ordinary people into shutterbugs than recent price drops in digital SLR (single-lens reflex) cameras (
http://news.com.com/SLRs+lead+digita...-6173084.html). These big, black, interchangeable-lens cameras may not fit in your pocket, and they may scream, "I'm a tourist" when hanging from your neck, but their photos blow those little shirt-pocket cams out of the water. Digital SLRs turn on instantly, can take three shots per second, offer optional manual controls, go for weeks on a battery charge, and have zero shutter lag. In short, they're awesome.
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