I don’t own a digital SLR (DSLR), but have considered one for a bit now. Fortunately, a co-worker let me borrow his for a brief stint to try out. I still haven’t decided to go the SLR route, but I really enjoyed the control that is possible with respect to focus and shutter speed. The downside is that an SLR is not nearly as easy to tote as a good compact, so I imagine a need for both devices depending on the circumstance. Here is one picture I was able to get of our cat Jacob that would have been difficult to achieve with my Elph.