Why buy dslr? Maraming factors and it is just not being cool. I can name a few but wouldn't really wanna go that path. Pinoys define photographers as people who takes pictures, which is wrong. Everyone can take pictures.
Im a hobbyist but most of the time, im in aperture mode, bakit? So i can spend more time composing and taking pictures rather than wasting precious moments kasi nagccompute ako ng tamang settings for just one shot. Mechanisms are there for a reason and we paid those features when we bought the gadget, better utilize them instead of playing cool coz we know manual controls. Haha!!
Another thing, tama nga naman read the user manual, dont stop yourself from learning new things.