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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PhotoEnth47" data-source="post: 121039" data-attributes="member: 13095">If I were you, I wouln't write off the DSLR just yet. The whole camera industry and the photographic community has too much invested in that whole arena to just let it drop.True quality also depends on matching the sensor and the lenses. Some of the better lenses used to outperform the earlier sensors, and the sensor was the limiting factor. Now, with more recent sensor development, the sensor can sometimes outperform the lens. So things are not always as simple as they seem.Although some new point and shoots are capable of producing great prints, if you put them side by side with something produced by a DX sensor (let alone an FX) camera, the differences are immediately obvious.I have been following some of the camera reviews of new point and shoots, and although claims are made about high ISO and low noise, when you actually look at the pictures they produce in their original size, things are not so rosy. Noise is apparent, and even if its not, then noise reduction artifacts are, in loss of fine detail. It all depends on what you are happy with, I guess. Myself, I like to see fine detail, low noise, and sharpness in my photos. I like to be able to print at A4 at least. So, for me, small sensor cameras are a thing of the past.You can't get away from the fact that the larger the sensor, the better the final picture quality is going to be, simply because a larger pixel is capable of handling light better, thus producing a better end result than a small pixel. It's just the law of physics and electronics. Just look at pictures taken with a medium format sensor camera. Who wouldn't like to get their hands on one of those? $$$$$!</blockquote>

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