-- Posted by Anonymous at 9:18 am on Sep. 11, 2008 Whats the difference from an LCD camera than an SLR. I'm doing Photography and sounds kinda stupid but I don't know the difference between em...I need to get one that preferably I can develop in a dark room! ty -- Posted by heatherette at 9:20 am on Sep. 11, 2008 LCD is just the screen, I believe. SLR is higher, professional quality. -- Posted by Dissilusioned at 9:22 am on Sep. 11, 2008 LCD is just the screen. You need a film camera, so look for a film SLR, and not a digital SLR. Most film cameras don't have LCD screens, so that might be where you're getting confused. -- Posted by marshmellowman at 9:24 am on Sep. 11, 2008 LCD describes the screen used to navigate the menu, look at photos you've taken, and in non-SLR cameras it servers as a digital viewfinder. An SLR, Single Lens Reflex, camera is one that actually shows the exact image you'll see through the lens. It does this by flipping down a mirror in the way of the sensor that captures the photo. It is for this reason that nearly all digital SLR cameras cannot have a live preview function where it shows the image on the LCD (barring high end SLRs). SLRs are aimed at higher end customers, are more expensive and make use of a detachable lens. Their picture quality is nearly always better than non-SLR cameras. -- Posted by Anonymous at 9:29 am on Sep. 11, 2008 ah I see thanks guys -- Posted by Romesds at 5:58 pm on Sep. 11, 2008 Quote: from marshmellowman at 9:24 am on Sep. 11, 2008 LCD describes the screen used to navigate the menu, look at photos you've taken, and in non-SLR cameras it servers as a digital viewfinder. An SLR, Single Lens Reflex, camera is one that actually shows the exact image you'll see through the lens. It does this by flipping down a mirror in the way of the sensor that captures the photo. It is for this reason that nearly all digital SLR cameras cannot have a live preview function where it shows the image on the LCD (barring high end SLRs). SLRs are aimed at higher end customers, are more expensive and make use of a detachable lens. Their picture quality is nearly always better than non-SLR cameras. al correct but the olympus e510 a much better priced camera had live preview and is an slr only costing about 600$ with a lens kit that exists of a basic lens and a zoom lens