MILC pronunciation.

Do you pronounce it like [em....ai.....el.....si] or like "milk"? Native speakers, please! :confused:

Native speakers would say camera

 

:)

 

I hadn't thought about it, but yes.

 

In writing here, we say SLR, DSLR, or MILC.

 

If I walk down the street and see someone with a camera I haven't seen

before, I might say "I like your camera", but very unlikely

"I like your DSLR", and now unlikely "I like your MILC."

 

Did anyone ever try to pronounce SLR or DSLR as a word?

Clarification requested, please - MILC ? I can think of quite a few ways to turn this into a phrase - none printable, unfortunately.

 

Cheers

Caveat - non-native speaker here. I'd pronounce it "milk". And wouldn't dream of using that term myself :eek:

So I end up pronouncing "MILC" as "mirrorless" or mirrorless camera" (if I have to be specific) - or, as has already been pointed out, simply use "camera".

There's no need to pronounce initials as words. M..I..L..C is sufficient. To do otherwise would be a slur on a familiar term, "SLR" (pun intended). Besides, I have enough trouble with "milch". My epiglottis gets caught in my tonsils.

seriously?:p

I'm confused. Is this different from MILF?

I'm preferring 'compact system camera' / 'kompakt systemkamera' these days, more technical, descriptive and appropriate with regard to historical photographic terms.

Better than your toenails.

I'm preferring 'compact system camera' / 'kompakt systemkamera' these days

 

Wirklich? Es ist klarer, in einer anderen Sprache zu sprechen? I assume Ruslan was referring to native speakers of English. They usually wouldn't say it in German. And in any case, since M stands for mirrorless, not compact, it isn't really descriptive or technically precise.

 

Ruslan, it's a good question, but as a native speaker, I don't have a good answer. I have never heard anyone pronounce it like "milk", but then again, I have rarely heard people pronounce it at all. Usually they just say "mirrorless." I think I would go with pronouncing the letters, M..I..L..C, at least until people give me a funny look.

I suppose mirrorless works, as it doesn't seem to be used for mirrorless non-interchangeable lens cameras.

 

There are a fair number of mirrorless cameras with wide zoom range lens.

Thanks, Glen - now I know. Not an expression I had met with before. Doubt if I'd recognise one anyway.

Sorry, to answer the actual question, in english, I would pronounce 'em eye el see'

 

I've never actually heard them referred to as such though.

 

It seems that no-one can really agree what to call them. MILC, CSC, hybride etc...

A camera would be described by its name and possibly model, such as Sony, Leica or Hasselblad. The term "MILC" would be used to describe a generic class of cameras in print, but probably not in spoken language.

 

 

"MILC" is a shortcut for "Mirrorless Interchangable Lens Camera", so MILC Camera would be redundant (but probably acceptible). Most are pronounced as individual letters, but there are exceptions in common use, including "UNICEF" and "ICE". It is also common to devise easy to remember acronyms for telephone numbers, based on the letters associated with numbers on the dial or keypad.

 

In the context of photography, a "Hybrid" camera refers to a primarily still camera which takes video as well.

 

In the former case, it would be appropriate for non-English speakers to pronounce letters in their native language, such as German (expressed here in English) "Em Ee El Say"

 

A good rule of thumb is "If in doubt, spell it out!"

I think the full name is "Mirrorless Interchangable Lens Camera"? but for short, I would call it a "Lesser" camera.

It's seems to have been fully covered but could I just add:) Why does it need the C for camera, a SLR is not a SLRC a DSLR is not DSLRC.

I have come to understand the term is "mirrorless" so why complicate it further, in any language.

"MIL" taken alone is a common abbreviation, for "Military" as in MIL-Spec, and the ratio, 1 part in 1000. Strictly speaking, "MILC Camera" is redundant, but nobody will go to jail for using it.

Fanshaw.

"MILC Camera" is redundant, but nobody will go to jail for using it.

 

Only because this is somewhat a jovial conversation -

 

The word 'Camera' is "redundant"

The phrase 'MILC Camera' is "tautology"

And no one should go to gaol for that error.

 

WW

"MILC Camera" is repetitions, but not strictly speaking a tautology. It refers to a particular type of camera camera, not all cameras ;) An example would be the infamous campaign statement, "I voted for it [the Iraq war] before I voted against it."

Mother I’d like to camera

Hmmm. I just thought it was micro four thirds or m43..... but maybe that refers strictly to sensor tho, and MILC covers all the bases in this genre?

 

Well ahem, wait- perhaps not all Ms are I L capable?

 

Tho C does apply across the board....

 

I have it: let's cut to the chase, and simplify things. Call it C and be done with it. Then when somebody says "Oh Say Can You C?", we can all say, "why, yes. we can".

 

;-)