Phil Wheeler wrote:

They also can go wider than most point and shoot cameras. For example,
the Canon 300D kt lens will go to 28 mm or so (35 mm equivalent) while
my two P&S are 37 mm and 38 mm respectively (there are some that go
wider). And you can -- at some expense! -- buy other lenses to go even
wider for landscapes.

There are several P&S which go down to 28mm and even less if you attach
a wide angle converter lens.
With the DSLRs instead there are problems if the lens is very "wide",
because the light needs to hit the pixels of the sensor perpendicularly
or not at a too great angle from 90°.
In addition to this the large DOF of P&S cameras makes them especially
suitable for landscapes.
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Alfred Molon
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