that shot was taken with a 1100 dollar lens it better have some pop. seriously though, the DOF duff speaks of is the key to that photo. solid, sharp subject everything else blurred. that was achieved using a telephoto lens with a wide open aperture in this case since it was getting. running the aperture as wide as it will go lets more light in, but also gives you a much smaller focus. it works in this case, but in other pics you need to close the aperture up to have more in focus.
that being said, i have taken a lot of good pics with a point and shoot. the leading pic of moses' PVW feature was shot with my 3 megapixel olympus P+S.
taken with said point and shoot.....

