'Do I need a dslr?'. It depends what I'm doing photography-wise really. In fact what I do most of - landscapes - is probably the one thing where a bridge camera might perform acceptably well. Most other subject areas - sport, wildlife (especially birds), even taking shots of the kids, need quicker response and a broader range of lens characteristics than any compact or bridge I've handled. This is leaving aside considerations of how the images are output, and for what purpose, which will fix such as pixel dimensions, how files are recorded (RAW or JPEG) etc.
So one the whole, yes I do need one, and tend to use the 1DsII for nearly everything (which is overkill most of the time, I know, but it is SO nice to use!), although the 400D comes out from time to time with a 'do-it-all' 28-300 on it when I cant/dont want to carry the monster around.
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