Despite looking like a digital SLR, the WB5000 is actually Samsung’s latest attempt at a high-end compact camera embedded with DSLR-style features.
Samsung_WB5000_01 Samsung's WB5000: lacks a lens swap ability
The WB5000 features a 24mm wide-angle lens and 24x optical zoom. But it’s worth noting that since the camera isn’t a …
1) The WB500 is a different camera to the WB5000 so it might be advisable to fix that typo in the closing sentence.
2) Whether or not a camera is an SLR is not strictly dependent on whether or not that camera has an interchangeable lens system, "SLR" is all about whether or not the camera has a viewfinder that uses the same objective lens used to capture the image (and technically involves a mirror of some kind - the "reflex" part).
But I guess most people would know what you meant. :)
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Samsung unveils DSLR-style compact camera
Despite looking like a digital SLR, the WB5000 is actually Samsung’s latest attempt at a high-end compact camera embedded with DSLR-style features. Samsung_WB5000_01 Samsung's WB5000: lacks a lens swap ability The WB5000 features a 24mm wide-angle lens and 24x optical zoom. But it’s worth noting that since the camera isn’t a …
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Posted Wednesday 2nd September 2009 09:05 GMT
Jolyon Smith
Just 2 things... #
1) The WB500 is a different camera to the WB5000 so it might be advisable to fix that typo in the closing sentence.
2) Whether or not a camera is an SLR is not strictly dependent on whether or not that camera has an interchangeable lens system, "SLR" is all about whether or not the camera has a viewfinder that uses the same objective lens used to capture the image (and technically involves a mirror of some kind - the "reflex" part).
But I guess most people would know what you meant. :)
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