A Zoom-lens reflex camera

Camera

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 is a low-end Single Lens Reflex

Single-lens reflex camera

A single-lens reflex camera is a camera that typically uses a semi-automatic moving mirror system that permits the photographer to see exactly what will be captured by the film or digital imaging system, as opposed to pre-SLR cameras where the view through the viewfinder could be significantly...

 (SLR) camera having an integrated zoom lens

Zoom lens

A zoom lens is a mechanical assembly of lens elements for which the focal length can be varied, as opposed to a fixed focal length lens...

 rather than the interchangeable lenses

Lenses for SLR and DSLR cameras

This article is about photographic lenses for single-lens reflex film cameras and digital single-lens reflex cameras .Furthermore, the emphasis is on modern lenses for 35 mm film SLRs and for DSLRs with sensor sizes less than or equal to 35 mm .-Interchangeable lenses:The major advantage...

 found on other SLR cameras.

The term was coined by Olympus

Olympus Corporation

is a Japan-based manufacturer of optics and reprography products. Olympus was established on 12 October 1919, initially specializing in microscope and thermometer businesses. Its global headquarters are in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, while its USA operations are based in Center Valley, Pennsylvania,...

 for the IS-series film cameras.
Olympus also applied the designation to the D-500L & D-600L in press releases carried by PR Newswire. Olympus now refers to these cameras, along with the
D-620L, simply as "Digital cameras".

For the E-10

Olympus E-10

The Olympus E-10 is a digital single-lens reflex with a 4.0 megapixel CCD image sensor that was introduced in 2000. Unlike most digital SLRs the camera is not a system camera – its lens is fixed to the body. It has a TTL optical viewfinder, and a 4× optical zoom lens with lens aperture f/2–2.4...

 and E-20

Olympus E-20

The Olympus E-20 is a 5-megapixel non-interchangeable lens DSLR manufactured by Olympus of Japan, as a successor to its E-10 model....

 digital camera

Digital camera

A digital camera is a camera that takes video or still photographs, or both, digitally by recording images via an electronic image sensor. It is the main device used in the field of digital photography...

s, while some journalists continued to apply the term ZLR, Olympus themselves reverted to using the term SLR.

In recent years, some have applied the misnomer

Misnomer

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 ZLR to any camera superficially resembling an SLR whether or not it actually had a reflex mirror, e.g. the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8 is a superzoom bridge digital camera that features:* 1/2.5" sensor 7 megapixel resolution* Fast f/2.8-3.3 Leica zoom lens 12x zoom lens* Mega O.I.S...

. (See: Bridge camera)

See also

• Single-lens reflex camera
  Single-lens reflex camera
  A single-lens reflex camera is a camera that typically uses a semi-automatic moving mirror system that permits the photographer to see exactly what will be captured by the film or digital imaging system, as opposed to pre-SLR cameras where the view through the viewfinder could be significantly...
  
  
• Digital single-lens reflex camera
  Digital single-lens reflex camera
  Most digital single-lens reflex cameras are digital cameras that use a mechanical mirror system and pentaprism to direct light from the lens to an optical viewfinder on the back of the camera....
  
  
• Electronic viewfinder
  Electronic viewfinder
  An electronic viewfinder or EVF is a viewfinder where the image captured by the lens is projected electronically onto a miniature display. The image on this display is used to assist in aiming the camera at the scene to be photographed.-Operation:...