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great camera. If you're looking to get a leg up, albeit with a wee bit older technology, I'll be selling my Canon Rebel XT with battery grip, 3 batteries, Kit 18-55 Lens, Sigma 70-300 lens and a shutter release remote. I'm upgrading to a 7D.
this guy has everything you need to get started and be happy for a good while. toss in a 50mm prime (the nifty fifty) and you'll be a happy camper.
you'll want to upgrade the body after about a year though.
the best piece of advice, is to go into a camera store and hold every camera.
as stated, you may love your previous canon cameras, but may find that the nikon/minolta/fuji/sony/etc is more comfortable and user friendly to you.
if you still decide on canon. hold the different ones.
the xti is a pretty small camera, the t1i is built on pretty much the same frame. so its kind of small.
when you get into the bigger bodies you can easily find a used 20d, 30d, or 40d for a good price well under 1000 for the body (just the camera, no lens). you can usually find a 50d new in the stores still, hold on of those, all the ones i listed are about the same size.
Those cameras have more heft to them.
narrowing it down to the brand is only a small part of the battle.
and the expensive part is the lens. thats where you are going to spend money. a good piece of glass will easily be more than your camera.
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check out the fs section. you can usually find a lot of good deals there on used equip.
What about an Olympus Evolt E-500? I had bought one for my girl and its suppose to be a great entry-mid level dslr
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