I recently bought a Canon Rebel XT, a Tamron 17-50mm lens ($ 450), and a Canon L 70-200mm lens ($ 550). After all that money spent on photography, I'm sometimes surprised by how crisp and clear photos of wide open scenes and landscapes taken with a cheap $ 100 point and shoot camera (taken by a complete amateur). Sometimes these photos seem to come clearer on the Point and Shoots. Why is that? It's discouraging! Thanks!!!
PS: I don't want you to think that I'm dumping on SLR's. Close up and portrait photos provide much better bokeh then a P & S.
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Answer by fhotoace
There is a lot more leeway when shooting with wide angle lenses. Everything will fall apart though when you start enlarging P&S cameras images.
You are not in competition with the point and shoot crowd. Photographers shoot day in and day out and produce images that are consistantly good. The folks that shoot with $ 100 cameras can get a good one everyonce in a while.
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