"nospam" wrote in message
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In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:

A 35mm camera is a camera which uses 35mm movie film. These come
is
sveral different frame sizes using one or two movie frames.

obsolete definition.

There are quite a lot of people who would disagree with your
characterization of "obsolete". A "35mm camera" is a camera that
uses
35mm film- has been for many, many years, and will continue to be
for
many, many years.

film is obsolete, as is your definition.

a '35mm camera', aka an slr, is now digital, and is compatible with
nearly all lenses and accessories in a given system (except for the
ones that started fresh, such as m43).

50 year old nikon lenses work on modern nikon slr bodies. the old
flashes also work, although only in manual or old school auto (no
ttl).

those old lenses also work on non-nikon bodies with a suitable
adapter,
including canon, m43 and mirrorless.

winders and motor drives are obsolete, since there's nothing to wind
and digital can shoot faster anyway.




A digital camera that looks and feels like a 35mm camera, is a
"dSLR",
or a "35mm form factor camera", or a "35mm-style digital camera". A
"35mm camera" is a film camera.

almost all cameras sold are digital, therefore the d is redundant.

i don't think the nikon f6 film slr (note the 'f') is even made
anymore
(not that it sold very many when it was).

nikon's digital slrs begin with 'd'. guess what that's for.

in other words, digital is the *default* and film is the *exception*.

that means that 'film' should be a prefix when referring to an old
school camera and its absence means digital.

Deal with it.

that goes for you.

What a lot of irrelevant blather!

nothing irrelevant about it.

digital is now the default. film requires a modifier.

'camera' or 'slr' is digital.

I suspect he means there's not much in your previous post (about 35mm
cameras etc) which addresses the points about focal length and field of
view.