Well, as much as I really love the 'L' stuff, and I think it's easy to say that the cheap zoom that comes with a rebel is not nearly the same, still, I think it's really, really cool when you can grab a truly fantastic photograph with truly economy hardware. That's art, and absolutely inspiring.


I dig the picture of the dogs, and it gets back to the point of lighting and composition.


I'm not going to go out and buy the cheap kit lens for the sake of having one, but being able to get a cool picture with something that you might roll off of the end of a table for the thrill of it, that's really neat.


OTOH, I'd love to get a point and shoot camera, when finances allow, that I can take underwater, come summer time. There are a lot of shots that I'd love to get, which would require some degree of abuse, and just isn't viable for me to go the route of underwater housing, full professional lens/body combinations, whatever.


They're jut toys and tools. Use 'em!