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  Msg # 31763 of 32000 on ZZNE4431, Saturday 5-12-23, 2:22  
  From: JAMES SILVERTON  
  To: JEREMY NIXON  
  Subj: Re: rec.photo.digital.multi-lens  
 From: not.jim.silverton@erols.com 
  
 "Jeremy Nixon"  wrote in message 
 news:10jurer8g0345c6@corp.supernews.com... 
 > edward ohare   wrote: 
 > 
 > > Make the Charter match slr or adopt multilens and leave the 
 Charter 
 > > alone. 
 > 
 > "Multilens" is not only a terrible name, it's not even correct -- 
 the 
 > cameras proposed to discuss use a single lens.  Hence the SL in SLR. 
 > There are cameras that use more than one lens, like TLR models.  So 
 > the name "multilens" would seem to describe only cameras that are 
 > specifically not supposed to be part of this group. 
 > 
 It depends on what you think is important. Is it cameras with 
 interchangeable lenses or reflex cameras? The group name should 
 express this intent, IMHO, without using imprecise colloquialisms. 
  
  
 -- 
 James V. Silverton 
 Potomac, Maryland, USA 
  
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