XPost: rec.photo.digital 
 From: alan.browne@FreeLunchVideotron.ca 
  
 Arthur L. Rubin wrote: 
  
 > Alan Browne wrote: 
 > 
  
 >>Yes it is.  It is also the least evil as has been "hashed out" in 
 >>the prior round of discussion. 
 > 
 > 
 > What is wrong with r.p.d.interchangable-lens (if I spelled 
 > it correctly)?  If you define "SLR" as "camera with 
 > interchangable lenses", which is apparently the common, 
 > but not the technical, definition, .... 
  
 There is nothing wrong with it except a better solution in SLR. 
 You snipped out other complelling reasons such as: 
  
     "To be even more blunt, those who have said the name is 
     inappropriate have been challenged to do better ... but no 
     better name has emerged.   Nature of the beast." 
  
 AND 
  
     "You're of course welcome to suggest better alternatives 
     bearing in mind that the name should be reasonably 
     recognizable by people who are _not_ steeped in photography." 
  
  
 > That wasn't brought up in the prior round. 
  
 It formed a major volume of the discussion of the prior round as 
 discussed mainly in news.groups .  Elsewhere it was not a major 
 (or even minor) discussion. 
  
 Cheers, 
 Alan 
  
  
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