I read a lot of posts about people wanting easy to carry point and shoot cameras for every day use. As I thought about this, it dawned on me that I still wouldn't carry a (strictly) point and shoot most of the time. I happen to love using an adjustable camera. It doesn't have to be a DSLR, but I need to be able to control and adjust settings. That, to me, is half the fun. I have realized that, while I love photographic images and, like most of you, would hate to lose a potentially great image because I didn't have a camera with me, I get great enjoyment out of "using" the equipment, and I get no enjoyment out of using a point and shoot camera. Making the photo is at least as enjoyable to me as having the end result. Therefore, I would rarely pick up a point and shoot to take with me because there is no fun factor. Every time I grab my DSLR or bridge camera I feel the potential for enjoyment surge through my veins. Of course, I always have my cell phone camera with me for those occasions when I didn't bring a "real" camera. Do any of you feel the same way?

When most people hear the words "point & shoot", they think of a cheap camera with no manual settings, like using your smart phone. Couldn't be farther from the truth, I don't know what point & shoot cameras your looking at but most advanced point & shoot cameras have all the settings of entry level DSLR's, with photo quality almost as good. For instance, I have a 5 year old Nikon P7100 with buttons and dials on top of the camera for all important settings, I don't have to go into the menu to set them, I use this 5 year old camera almost as much as my DSLR. Advanced point & shoot cameras run about $500.00 and up, they give a different meaning to the words point & shoot.