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We looked very seriously at the NEX series and Olympus Pen series of cameras. They are very much like a P&S but do have the ability to use interchangeable lenses. The biggest downfall for us was that while they take great photos, they don't do so well in action mode (ie if you have kids that move a lot, its much harder to get a non-blurry picture than it is with a DSLR). I am a short person with small hands so for me I needed to find the smallest most light weight camera I could. I ended up with the Pentax k-x and I love it. It is a bit smaller and more light weight than anything else I looked at (which was all of the models in the beginner level DSLRs). The best piece of advice I got was that at my price point the cameras were all mostly the same in features, and what it really boils down to is how it feels in your hands. Don't forget too that cameras take on extra weight with the type of battery it has and the size lenses you use. Bigger lenses can be much heavier, especially if you are going to want to carry more than the one on the camera around. I got lucky this past Christmas and my husband got me a 18-270 lens so I really only have to carry that one around.
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