I noticed that most of my photos with the Pro90 tends to have a lot of DOF, even when taking "normal" portraiture shots at f/2.8. On the other hand, when I was using my Canon EOS 100 with a 50mm f/1.8, I could get perfectly blurred portraiture shots with little DOF at the same f/2.8.
It seems rather weird that with film or digital SLRs, we can get the DOF required by adjusting the f-stop, but why is it so with the P&S like the G1 or Pro90, we are unable to do the same thing/achieve the same effect.
Both type of cameras (P&S and SLR) do stop down the lens, don't they? So by right, I *should* be able to achieve the same effect of less DOF when using a D30 with a 50mm lens at f/2.8 and the Pro90 at 50mm zoom at f2.8 as well. But it doesn't seem to be the case however..
could anyone give an explanation for this? Thanks!

