[saikangx]

Why do people buy DSLR? (even when they have a digital camera)

[dearest.me]

SLR cameras are of extreme high quality but only film is used. Thus they use a DSLR which has the same picture quality as a SLR camera but can edit it on the computer and do all those fancy things and choose which ones to print of course! ;P

In short DSLR are better quality picture takers.

[<3 Kim]

Because a DSLR takes better quality photos?

I use my DSLR when I want to take quality photos or for photoshoots.
I use my digital camera if I'm going to a party and just want to take random snaps of the night

[dot1q]

Try reading through some of the posts in the pinned DSLR topic. I would say most of the discussion and techniques described in that topic are not things you can do with a regular point and shoot. Simply google "difference between dslr p&s".

[phantompc4]

to put it simply

the digital point and shoot camera takes pictures based upon what it wants. sometimes that picture will come out too dark/bright, grainy, messed up, etc.

a dslr lets you take the picture based upon how u want the picture to look. much more control and you can do things a regular camera cant. not to mention they're much more sharper and faster.

of course, if you use a dslr and only use auto functions you pretty much just wasted money.

[ChromeHearts]

if you can afford it and enjoy taking higher quality pictures (always disregard megapixels unless you want to crop pictures) then why the hell not

[Ugly/Beautiful Me]

with a DSLR, you get to choose your depth-of-field. In layman terms, you choose what you want to put in focus by adjusting the aperture.



the picture on the right is basically what you would get with a point&shoot. The other 2 pictures is something you can't do with a regular point&shoot


Plus, not everyone wants to lug around their precious, heavy, expensive, breakable photography gear to the club when they can just carry a tiny digicam

[erure]

I don't understand your question; a DSLR is a digital camera O_O

[omegach]

i bought my dslr because i like to play with the buttons

[vividified]

I don't understand your question; a DSLR is a digital camera O_O

thats what i was thinking haha
Obviously because you have more control over the settings
and having to shoot in raw makes photo editing a lot easier (billion of other reasons refer to SLR thread)

[yuns]

Greater control over the results. As many people have said, there are many things you can do with a DSLR which you can't do with a point and shoot camera.