XPost: rec.photo.digital 
 From: alan.browne@FreeLunchVideotron.ca 
  
 Lionel wrote: 
  
  
 > 
 > Yes, I'm with you guys on this. The whole 'interchangeable lens' 
 > distinction is wishful thinking on Alan's part. Not wanting to make a 
 > fool out of myself in this debate, I went & checked my photography 
 > textbooks to make sure that I was remembering correctly, & I was: An SLR 
 > does not require an interchangeable lens mount to be a true SLR. 
 >  Personally, I think he's only insisting on it out of stubbornness. If 
 > he really wanted the group to pass, he'd drop that distinction. 
  
 "Any SLR system includes a broad range of lenses, flash units 
 [...]" p. 42 of the Nat Geo Photography Field Guide. 
  
 I don't believe we're here to battle on what various books say 
 ... but you should acknowledge the fact that when *most* people 
 discuss SLR's, *most* people think in terms of cameras with a 
 range of lenses, among other things. 
  
 Cheers, 
 Alan 
  
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