SLR
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The current record for the highest price paid at auction was an ultra-rare 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé, which was sold for $142m in 2022.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
SLR, a long-established space geodetic method, works by firing laser pulses between satellites and ground stations to measure distances with high precision.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 24, 2026
The iPhone camera is good, she said, but it’s not the SLR.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025
He graduated to a 35 mm SLR Pentax camera when the Beatles hit it big.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
His Minolta SLR hung from a strap around his neck.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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