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[QUOTE="Dick_in_MI, post: 106909, member: 225"]
I have used SLR's and now DSLR's for about 40 years. Truth be told, for the average person, a Canon or Nikon point and shoot with a zoom lens is all they need. They are probably going to use it in the automatic mode anyway.

They're smaller, they're not expensive and I think they are the way to go for someone who merely wants to take snapshots.

I even use my Olympus point and shoot as my walking around camera and save my Canon DSLR and all of its lenses for my serious stuff.

She wants a viewfinder and I agree that's the way to go. Problem is, most point and shoot cameras don't have them anymore...they just have the live view on the back. That's fine as far as it goes but you have to hold the camera out in front of you. Not nearly as stable and you'll have more out of focus photos.

DSLR's will have both a viewfinder and live view. I use live view for 90% of my photos, but then I shoot largely landscapes and macro and my camera lives on the tripod.

Truthfully, if you stick with the big names, it's hard to go wrong. Canon and Nikon make great small cameras, they have excellent optics, and they are packed with features the average person will never even need.

Doug mentioned the shutter lag with point and shoots, but DSLR's have it too unless you push the shutter button down halfway to autofocus first...same as you would do with a point and shoot. They might have less shutter lag, but it is still there to a degree and you have to take it into account with moving objects.
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