The purpose of an SLR (single lens reflex) camera is to eliminate viewfinder parallax, and to make interchangeable lenses possible. Both of these problems are automatically solved in even the cheapest LCD display digital camera, so why not, for a slightly higher price make them capable of changing lenses? It’s true that some digital cameras come with zoom lenses with a huge range of focal lengths, but what if you want to attach your camera to a microscope or to a high power telescope? Doesn’t the advent of digital photography make SLR cameras obsolete? SLR cameras are bulky, heavy, slow, noisy, and have a large number of moving parts to potentially break down, so why is there such a thing as a DSLR camera? It doesn’t make sense! It seems like the only reason that they are being manufactured is because SLR cameras have a stereotypical reputation of being professional, and perhaps partly because it’s cheaper to adopt existing SLR cameras to digital rather than design new cameras from scratch! Also, SLR cameras are much more complicated to design and manufacture, so some of the competition is automatically eliminated. Since a large number of people want interchangeable lenses at any cost, the manufacturers are simply taking advantage of their ignorance! There IS such a thing as a non-SLR digital camera with interchangeable lenses, namely the Leica M8, but it has a list price of US$5,995.00! (http://llbest.com/ILTSTM_AudioVideo.htm)

Well, they’ve finally done it (figured out how to make a digital camera)! Better late than never!