Originally Posted by
TromboneAl
Here's a question for you, Mickey: In the film world, if you wanted to see exactly the same thing that the film was going to see, you need an SLR. In digital land, you can have a camera that lets you see the digital image through the viewfinder (as with my Canon Dimage Z1), so why do you need a DSLR?
Not Mickey, but most point and shoots don't have a shutter so there is often a lag between when you press the button and when the actual picture gets taken. DSLR's have a real shutter and no lag.