Digital Single-Lens Reflex Cameras - or DSLR's

DSLR's, most likely the type of camera you tend to use or will own yourself. This specific type of camera was first invented back in 1969 with improvements being made to the original invention but the idea not being commercially available in 1991 by Kodak.

The process behind DSLR's uses mirrors, lenses and optics and the same mechanisms that have been used in SLR's to this day to produce a digital photo instead of one on photographic film. When the shutter is released on a DSLR the light travelling through the lens will instead expose the image sensor instead of the viewfinder which is what captures the image.


Canon and Nikon are currently the world leading manufacturers in DSLR's around the world with the Canon 5D Mark III being a very popular professional camera on the current market. DSLR's have changed photography as before they came along the process for taking, developing and distributing photographs would have taken days at least, whereas now it merely takes minutes.

By updating the process both the publics heart and mine have been won by the new design. I love it for its versatility and ease of use, of course the camera is complex but compared to the process being used two decades ago its a squeeze. It has allowed me to get into photography at a fairly amateur level and build upon my own skills. Its open-source technology which in my opinion is the best. Overall it has been one of the biggest steps for photograph making equipment and will be remembered in the timeline of photography.