Actually that is a good way to pick a highly sophisticated DSLR too, buy a brand you feel comfortable with, that you like the look and feel of. Actually most cameras in a given price range perform very similarly.
And if you have no interest in learning photography the P&S is usually more than adequate, you get jpegs that you can have printed at any one hour photo that willl completely satisfy you. When you want more control, then you may want a fancier camera. But since 90% of the DSLR buyers are trying to impress their friends rather than get better photos... -graywolf Mark Roberts wrote: > William Robb wrote: > >> The fact of the matter is that SLRs have been little more than > glorified P&S >> cameras for the better part of 25 years. Why should they want something >> different now? > > http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/2007/05/how-to-choose-digital-point-and-shoot.html > ;-) > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

