• dSLR cameras offer greater functionality due to more refined lenses.slr camera image by Piotr Wardy...?ski from Fotolia.com
  
  Digital single-lens reflex, or DSLR, cameras enable photographers to improve their art by providing a more versatile tool. Smaller cameras, point-and-shoot models, are typically used for their auto-focus feature, which enables even novice photographers to take clear photographs. Meanwhile, with a DSLR camera the operator sets the focus distance, enabling greater control over an image focal point.
  
  

Faster Image Capturing

• Point-and-shoot cameras can miss valuable moments because their capture time is not instant from the moment you press the shutter button. The camera must first focus, usually on the exact center of the frame or on a face if the camera is programmed to recognize them, and the photograph is taken only after that. By that time, the subject may have moved. Digital SLR cameras have a faster reflex speed since you do the focusing. That enables you to take multiple successive photographs at a speed as fast as your finger can depress the shutter button. Faster speed makes digital SLR cameras suitable for capturing wildlife and sporting events.
  
  

Greater Lens Versatility

• Point-and-shoot cameras have a limited distance that they are able to focus at because of the compact lens. With digital SLR cameras, you can buy the camera body separate and then purchase multiple lenses, each of which may provide a specific type of shot, such as wide angles or telephoto zoom. The lenses may be more expensive than the camera body itself, but lens quality greatly affects the image.
  
  

Improved Image Quality

• According to an article by consumer technology review website CNET, if a point-and-shoot camera and digital SLR camera were both set at the same resolution, the digital SLR camera would generally win in a competition of image quality. This is because digital SLR sensors tend to be bigger than the ones installed in point-and-shoot cameras, and they capture more light. The ability to capture more light also has the added benefit of being able to take clear pictures even when a setting is not sunny or well-lit.