Well im using 2 DSLR cameras, both are nikons, one D-50 and one D-100, prior to the nikons i used a kodak 7630 12 meg pix extended zoom, point and shoot digi camera, i really likes it mostly because of it's size, it went every where with me, but so does my nikon D-50 , i must say ive never seen better picts than with my nikon, it all has a lot to do with your lenses and fstops, exposures, etc, etc, reason i got rid of the kodak was the thing stopped working , so i purchased two cameras one new d-50 one and a used one d-100., both will give me 1500 picts on a single battery charge. thats great preformance from a camera and battery.
i noticed there are a lot of canon users in here, great camera also that was my second choice but i didnt like the price and avail settings, but that is a personal choice.
Ive got almost $2,500 in lens, adapters, filters, tripods and magnifying lenses for extream close up shots to count the hairs on a flies behind. and telephoto lense that will bring a object a mile away up to where it looks like it is right in front of you, i use that for my wildlife shots. will never go back to a point and shoot camera again. love my new cameras. have done taken 6,300 some odd picts, guess im a freak on pictures, but got some excellent shots tho.
bullsilver, i still would love to try out a canon tho.