Thanks for the fast reply... I heard from quite a number of ppl saying when using a DSLR u must shoot in the M mode or else must well use PNS.. It sadden mi tat ppl feel tat way. Tot the outcome of the photo more important than wat mode u are using..:cry:
no one said that you must use m mode, whoever told you that has no understanding of photography; it is not just the end result, nor the process, it is also the fun you get out of it
they should correct their statement to say that one should at least UNDERSTAND the concepts of the technicalities of photography when it comes to using a dslr to get the best out of it. how the light works, and how it flows onto your sensor to create the picture, combined with composition and appropriate post processing.
take for example, x. x has no inkling how iso, shutter speed and flash and aperture work. he hears from z, an evil salesman that dslrs are goign to make him a better photographer. he doesn't learn, he gets a d3, and he ends up getting really horrible shots that he doesn't like. the best part is that it is not the fault of the camera, it is his fault, so he posts online in clubsnap that he doesn't understand what is going on. when people try to explain to him, he ignores them and still makes lousy compositions, and claims that his post processing is the best in the world, and his photos are all beautiful. in this case, from a bystander's point of view, x is better off using a p&s.
on the other hand, y is moving on from p&s to dslr. he bothers to read up, and he achieves all sorts of things, he makes great firework shots that would have been a lot harder to do with a prosumer, he can take great sport photography due to shorter shutter lag, he gets to create beautiful landscape photographs due to a greater range of iso/aperture/shutter speed settings available to him, he can have the option creating low noise images in low light with the help of the flash, because he understands how the light flows.
now for y, dslr has effectively made him a "better photographer" by all broad standards. with a p&s, even with his understanding he might create some nice shots.. they might even win awards, and make people happy when they look at it. but with a dslr, he is like a tiger with wings.. the limits to what he can do, are expanded.