My wife has both, and the SLR is much better.

lmao, my Blackberry Pearl phone takes better pics than your "before" shot ;)

SLR's are the best, but for the internet you really only need a good brand name 4+ megapixel camera to take some decent shots.

Of course, if you are a pro the SLR is the only way to go. I use a Canon 30D for my magazine shoots.

I agree to an extent, my phone takes some good pictures. But my camera is 6 years old now!! My brother is big into photography, but now I know what I was missing! It has served me well, and some things come out alright?!

http://college-investor.com/old5.JPG

Try playing with the ISO adjustment on that point-n-shoot camera you have, and using a tripod to shoot with. It makes a huge difference.

Digital SLR's rock. I just recently bought a Pentax K100D, love it. You definately gotta practice though, you can still take ugly pictures no matter what the camera!

for some reason I don't have the images coming up in the original post, but that said, I agree the SLRs are amazing. My friend bought a Canon recently as it will use all of their brand's old-school lenses and he had a few. Amazing photos.

Here is a couple shots of my car on the track, I am probably rolling around 85mph here into a turn (the closer shot of the car in the straight) and the other is coming up outta turn 5 at about that same speed. Car looks like it is standing still for the shots.

Oh, okay.Thanks for clearing it. And i thought i had "good" camera pocket sony dsc-t200 :_paranoid

I had them hosted on my website, and then I cancelled my web hosting so they are gone! My fault!


Those are some cool shots of your car at the track though!

Tim

digital SLR + pro photographer = great pics
 

I could not agree more. A pro photographer took some pics of my Chevelle using his digital SLR and the difference between his pics and the pics I take with my “standard issue” mega-pixel digital camera was night and day. Here is a link to one of the digital shots:

http://www.fototime.com/inv/882388110B4CD8C

Click on this shot to make it a 5X8 then click it again to see it full size. Wow, what a difference a pro photographer and a killer camera make! It takes a few sconds to load full size.

Take care,
Chris

Chris, a good camera helps, but the person using it makes a bigger difference. Novice shooters don't set up the shot properly, don't pay attention to shadows and reflected light, don't consider the background etc.. An experienced shooter can still take some damn nice photos with a point-n-shoot.

Maybe some of us shooters that hang out on the site could do some example shoots with budget (under $300) cameras and show you.

Tony