The time I realized I needed a better camera is when my pocket zoom camera took about a second to hunt for focus at a wedding in a fairly dark church. I got my

The time I realized I needed a better camera is when my pocket zoom camera took about a second to hunt for focus at a wedding in a fairly dark church. I got my first DSLR after that, and eventually wore out the shutter. ;-) Phase detect autofocus is amazing stuff. I never had autofocus problems after that.