Question by : what is the difference between a digital and a dslr camera?
I am looking for a camera that isn’t too expensive. I found the nikon sx20 IS and it looks good. whats all this dslr stuff?

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Answer by rollakid
SX20 IS is from Canon, not Nikon.

DSLR stands for “digital single lens reflex”, so basically they are digital camera as well.

They work just like the old Film SLR cameras but use a digital sensor, usually far more superior image quality compare to smaller camera like the SX20 IS, but you pay for every bit of quality they give.

SX20 IS or other smaller cameras do provide a lot of things DSLR cannot, such as that it can do just about everything that would be impossible on a dslr in a small package. It has a 20x zoom, no dslr can have that, and to cover the range of SX20is with a dslr, you need to buy lens cost enough to put a kid or two through college.

So yeah, pros and cons, get the SX20 IS if you’re not too picky about image quality, else dslr are the only way to go for now.

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