At the end of 2007, I began a series of discussions on the best compact digital camera (sometimes called point and shoot cameras) for real estate. At the time I was using what has been termed a prosumer digital camera (between a professional and consumer camera often times larger and more complicated than a compact, but not a DSLR). I noticed a couple of years ago that the prosumer style camera had almost died out and I finally understood why. The prosumer camera usually had a price point of around $1,000 and DSLR’s where well above that, but now one can purchase a DSLR for under $1,000. Why by compact camera when for the same money one could have a professional camera? You can still find some very advanced compact cameras these days such as the Panasonic Lumix LX3 (my personal favorite), the Canon G11(touted my many professional photographers) and Nikon P6000(with built-in GPS for geotagging photos), but all are around the $500 price point. I’ll put together another discussion on DSLR’s soon.