A point and shoot is like driving an automatic car. An SLR is like driving a manual car. With the point and shoot, there isn't much you can do settings wise, its exactly what the name suggests - a point and shoot. Some point and shoots have macro settings etc. so you can get great close ups, and SOME of the higher end point and shoots (such as the Canon Powershots) have complete manual capabilities like an SLR where you can set your shutterspeed, aperture etc.
An SLR gives you complete control over how you want to set your photo up. There are automatic settings like on a point and shoot, but there are additiona settings on top of that. Full manual where you control everything, there is a setting where you set the aperture and the camera sets the shutterspeed and vice versa etc.
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Date: 2010-06-20 11:53 pm (UTC)A point and shoot is like driving an automatic car. An SLR is like driving a manual car. With the point and shoot, there isn't much you can do settings wise, its exactly what the name suggests - a point and shoot. Some point and shoots have macro settings etc. so you can get great close ups, and SOME of the higher end point and shoots (such as the Canon Powershots) have complete manual capabilities like an SLR where you can set your shutterspeed, aperture etc.
An SLR gives you complete control over how you want to set your photo up. There are automatic settings like on a point and shoot, but there are additiona settings on top of that. Full manual where you control everything, there is a setting where you set the aperture and the camera sets the shutterspeed and vice versa etc.
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