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Slr vs Canon - What's the difference?

slr | canon |

As nouns the difference between slr and canon

is that slr is single-lens reflex camera while canon is .

As an adjective slr

is denoting or relating to single-lens reflex cameras.

slr

English

Noun

  • single-lens reflex camera
  • * 2009 , Benjamin Obler, Javascotia , London: Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-14-188965-8:
    • But to be clear, that’s not to say I’m not a photo-taker. I’m no expert, but I dabble. I got my first manual SLR at sixteen, and learned print-making as an unofficial apprentice to the editor of the high-school paper.
  • (firearms) self-loading rifle

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Denoting or relating to single-lens reflex cameras.
  • * 2012 , Robert J. Sawyer, Triggers , Toronto: Viking, ISBN 978-0-670-06576-9:
    • And images of other cameras came tot him: old-style TV cameras, motion-picture cameras on cranes, tiny digital cameras, Polaroid cameras, SLR cameras, all of them superimposed.

    Derived terms

    * DSLR * ZLR

    Coordinate terms

    * RF * DSLR * ZLR * PS/ ----

    canon

    English

    (wikipedia canon)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A generally accepted principle; a rule.
    • The trial must proceed according to the canons of law.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter.
  • (literary) A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
    • (turn into real quote) "the durable canon of American short fiction" — William Styron
  • The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
    • the entire Shakespeare canon
  • A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
  • A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
    • We must proceed according to canon law.
  • A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
  • In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
  • A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
  • A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
    • Pachelbel’s ''Canon'' has become very popular.
  • (fandom) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are generally considered authoritative regarding a given fictional universe.
    • A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon .
  • (cookery) A rolled and filleted loin of meat.
    • a canon of beef or lamb
  • (printing) The largest size of type with a specific name, formerly used for printing the canons of the church.
  • (senseid)The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
    • (Knight)
  • (billiards) A carom.

    • Derived terms

    * canon law * canonic * canonicity * canonical * canonise, canonize * canonisation, canonization * canonist * deuterocanonical * noncanonical

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