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Anonymous
1.) Bulky / Heavy: If you have ever seen a DSLR (or a film SLR for that matter), and they're pretty hard to miss, you know they are much larger than your average point-n-shoot. They're also much heavier. Some of the high-end prosumer digitals come close, since they're designed to be similar to a DSLR, but your average point-n-shoot is going to be much smaller and lighter.
2.) Portability, meet Window: This is sort of an extension of my first point. With a DSLR, portability goes out the window. To illustrate, when I travel with my DSLR I take a giant Lowepro hiking backpack, which holds my camera with a lens attached, 3 additional lenses, lens hoods, a flash, filters, my tripod, remote shutter release! you get the point. My point-n-shoot isn't even an ultra-portable and it fits in my pants pocket or I can put it in a case that goes on my belt.
3.) Hooray for Snapshots: For those who shoot in full automatic mode or just generally don't care about creative composition or image quality, a point-n-shoot is the obvious option. If you just want to take pictures of your friends at restaurants, or of your cat doing those things cat do, a point-n-shoot will be sufficient.
4.) Viewfinder: While the viewfinder is what I'd consider a benefit of DSLRs over point-n-shoots, not everyone shares the same view. For some people it's just not comfortable to have your face up against the back of the camera, and it also will make it hard to take photos over your head or from the hip. With point-n-shoots you compose your shot on a live view LCD screen on the back of the camera, and models even have tilting and rotating LCD screens, which is very convenient.
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