XPost: rec.photo.digital 
 From: jeremy@exit109.com 
  
 David Dyer-Bennet   wrote: 
  
 > I think this was especially true back before zoom point-and-shoots, 
 > when the *only* way to get anything beyond a single "normal" lens was 
 > the SLR.  More recently, though, people mostly carry SLRs because they 
 > use features not found on other cameras, I think. 
  
 Looking around at touristy areas these days, the only people who seem to 
 have SLRs are the ones who are clearly pretty serious about it.  Most 
 people are using digicams -- and I'm actually quite surprised at the 
 very large number of people using camera phones for tourist snaps. 
  
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