What is the difference between a Digital Camera & SLR Camera??

SLR is Single Lens Reflex as the others have already mentioned. The image that you see from the viewfinder is captured from the main lens and reflected onto the viewfinder with an intricate arrangement of mirrors (or prisms). When you click the shutter, the mirror moves out of the way and the image is imposed on the CCD sensor. What that effectively means is that you see EXACTLY THE SAME IMAGE from the viewfinder as is captured on the CCD. That helps, doesn't it?

Disadvantages with D-DLRs (or film SLRs) range from need to have expensive lenses, no inbuilt zoom, bulky size, extreme high costs etc.

Serious photographers prefer SLR cameras because they allow hordes of manual settings and addition of filters, zoom lenses, wide angle lenses, fish eye lenses and other unimaginable things. As vince here says, non-SLR cameras have come in with these features these days but those arent too many in number.

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They have recently introduced FZ-30 which is even better and offers an extended zoom upto 19x (optical). Check out one of the sites I list below and search for both the cams.

SLR's have more connectivity EG lenses, Filters. They produce better quality images. Usually have higher megapixels. Are way more expensive!

Unless you are an ameteur trying to become more on the professional end of photography, just stick with regular digital cameras. Ease of usage and price will make your purchase worthwhile.

SLR stands for Single lens Reflex, a term used when a camera has a mirror that allows you to see directly through the same lens that projects the image on the sensor or film, and then moves out of the way so the image can be saved to the film or memory. Cheaper digital cameras have a separate viewfinder and approximate what the image will be.

SLR is Single Lens Reflex

the digital records the photograph on a chip, electronically, while the film type SLR records the photograph on film. They make digital SLRs now.

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SLRs are more versatile with more accessories and its usually used by profesional (there are digital SLRs anf Film SLRs)
In SLRs u can change the lenses, flashes and it has lots of other accessories like shutter release

Digital Cameras are for family use generly