From: alan.browne@FreeLunchVideotron.ca 
  
 David J Taylor wrote: 
  
 >>Considering what they are capable of (ZLR's) they are remarkably 
 >>compact!  (I don't subscribe to that name...) 
 > 
 > Oh, I completely agree, indeed that is why I am the owner of such a 
 > cameras and my 35mm has lain unused for six years.  But taking "digital 
 > cameras" and "compact" together suggests the jewellery-sized models to me! 
 > 
 > Do you have another name suggestion than ZLR? 
  
 I'm ruminating over "SLR-like" and "compact-SLR" but I don't like 
 them either as the element "SLR" will inevitably cause more 
 confusion than help. 
  
 Further, and you might howl in protest, if we use ZLR then that 
 term might actually become stronger in use outside of the usenet 
 universe ... (some are of the opinion that the word "bokeh" has 
 come into acceptance due to usenet and other forums on the 
 internet... the word is Japanese...). 
  
 Cheers, 
 Alan 
  
  
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