Back Digitale enkellensreflekskamera Afrikaans كاميرا رقمية ذات عدسة أحادية عاكسة Arabic Цифров огледално-рефлексен фотоапарат Bulgarian Càmera rèflex digital Catalan Digitální zrcadlovka Czech Spiegelreflexkamera#Digitale Spiegelreflexkameras German Cámara réflex digital Spanish Digitaalne peegelkaamera Estonian دوربین دیجیتال تکلنزی بازتابی Persian Appareil photographique reflex numérique French
- Camera lens
- Reflex mirror
- Focal-plane shutter
- Image sensor
- Matte focusing screen
- Condenser lens
- Pentaprism/pentamirror
- Viewfinder eyepiece
A digital single-lens reflex camera (digital SLR or DSLR) is a digital camera that combines the optics and mechanisms of a single-lens reflex camera with a solid-state image sensor and digitally records the images from the sensor.
The reflex design scheme is the primary difference between a DSLR and other digital cameras. In the reflex design, light travels through the lens and then to a mirror that alternates to send the image to either a prism, which shows the image in the optical viewfinder, or the image sensor when the shutter release button is pressed. The viewfinder of a DSLR presents an image that will not differ substantially from what is captured by the camera's sensor, as it presents it as a direct optical view through the main camera lens rather than showing an image through a separate secondary lens.
DSLRs largely replaced film-based SLRs during the 2000s. Major camera manufacturers began to transition their product lines away from DSLR cameras to mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras (MILCs) beginning in the 2010s.