# dSLR vs. dPointNShoot

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dslr-vs-dpointnshoot/549828>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 10, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dslr-vs-dpointnshoot/549828 "2010-08-10T15:11:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dslr-vs-dpointnshoot/549828/41 "2010-08-14T06:24:34Z")

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And then today I learn about EVIL (Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens) camera bodies. The interchangeable lenses of SLRs coupled with electronic viewfinders instead of pentaprisms.

Lordy.

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**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dslr-vs-dpointnshoot/549828/42 "2010-08-14T06:37:42Z")

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If I was doing it all over again, I’d seriously ask myself “What will you carry around all the time?” I love my DLSR, but it’s not as easy to take along as a P&S is, and the P&S cameras can be pretty high quality these days, including the ability to shoot RAW.

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