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by fooker 267 days ago
Not having a mirror is not the most important characteristic of the hardware for this project.

Being able to control it through an API is. What happens after you trigger the shutter is out of scope. Speaking of shutter buttons, a bunch of new cameras don’t have shutters but the button is still called a shutter button.
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miladyincontrol 267 days ago
While I mostly agree its a matter of jargon, the original author never calls their camera a DSLR.

Also yes while yes many cameras do not have moving shutters, they still operate with an electronic shutter which just like a moving one does have various limitations.

I'd argue though to many a photographer, calling any ILC or sufficiently costly camera a DSLR is akin to a post calling an android phone a linux phone. To the layperson the nuance between ubuntu's kernel or a pixel's doesnt matter to them, however to the intended audiences it sure does.

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crtasm 267 days ago
The repo originally said DSLR in the readme+description.
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beligum 267 days ago
This is correct. I have ironed out my silly mistake just minutes after seeing comments of smarter people showing me the light.
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hilsdev 267 days ago
To be pedantic for the people still reading this, curious enough to go further without falling down a Wikipedia rabbit hole.

The reflex mirror in a (D)SLR directs the image up through the viewfinder prism to the eyepiece. This mirror flips upwards just before the shutter opens. This mechanic action has a decent bit of inertia and can cause blurring in some extreme cases.

Mirrorless refers to digital cameras where the sensor operates the digital viewfinder, so like an SLR “you get what you see”. For rangefinders and TLRs, your view is offset from the picture lens, so if you’re really trying to nail a composition and not “fix it in post” SLRs and mirrorless offer an advantage, which is part of why they became so predominant.

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rs186 267 days ago
No. When I see a6700 and DSLR used in the same sentence, I have to question whether that is a misunderstanding on the author's side, whether it's actually for Sony a6700 or some other camera, or if anything in the repo makes sense or if the author knows what they are doing. This erodes confidence if the author cannot even get the very basics right.
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beligum 267 days ago
It's probably laziness AND misunderstanding on the author's side ;)
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