Canon EOS Rebel XTi Black 10.10 MP Digital SLR Camera w/EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II Lens

Pros: Light weight, instant on. Pictures are clear and crisp. Plenty of automatic as well as manual modes.

Cons: The kit lens is a good starter lens.I bought the kit that came with the 28-55mm lens. By the body only if you can. purchase EF lenses, stay away from EFS if you are able. The EF lens will be able to be used on other Canon cameras where the EFS lens will not if you decide to upgrade to a higher end camera in the future.

Other Thoughts: This a great first time SLR Camera or for the budjet minded. I wonder if i should have gone in for a few more bucks and got the XSI. It seems to a few more bells and whistles. SD, more 6.5 frames a sec.12 mega pixles. may have been worth it. All in All the XTI is still a great buy. Dont hesitate if this is the camera for your budjet.

Pros: Fantastic image quality. No shutter lag like point and shoot digitals. Takes hundreds of pictures with two OEM batteries in optional OEM battery grip before recharge needed. Taken over 15,000 pictures and still very happy with this camera. If you are new to dSLR photography, you can't go wrong with camera just purchase a better lens, especially the image stabillized lenses.

Cons: Anemic popup flash. Developed dust on sensor after year of frequent lens changes. Can't blame the camera for that though. Dust only visible when f stoop smaller than f22. The kit lens does not show the abilities of the camera. The high quality lens really let this camera capture jaw dropping pics.

Other Thoughts: Great camera. Would recommend XTi to anyone making transition to dSLR. I highly suggest getting image stabilized lens.

Pros: Fantastic array of options, brilliant image quality, and a sweet stock lens. I am deeply in love with this thing. Perfect entry-level DSLR camera!

Cons: It didn't come with a pizza oven. :/

Other Thoughts: I hope the XSi lives up to the XTi's memory!

Pros: Awesome camera , the quality you expect from Canon. I am already looking at some different lenses for this beast, Bought a 16 gb cf card for it and I am good to go.

Cons: nope

Other Thoughts: CANON QUALITY :)

Pros: Great resolution, color, contrast etc. Available setting and ease of use surpassed what I expected. Battery life (a concern of mine) is great. (I don't use flash often.) NewEgg was by far the cheapest deal that I found, even with sales elsewhere.

Cons: It's a large camera. There are no major cons that I can think of.

Pros: Low learning curve, it took me about two days to get the hang of the basic operations. The picture quality is excellent, the low light performance is good.

Cons: There is a a little bit of a problem with purple fringing against a bright sky and dark foreground with the kit lens but I only had that with four out of seven hundred pictures.

Other Thoughts: Great camera, I'm extremely pleased with it.

Pros: Excellent picture quality especially for the price. Nice features, good battery life. Easy menu navigation.

Cons: Sligtly smallish camera body may be frustrating for larger hands when compared to other SLRs.

Other Thoughts: The camera's picture quality is good when shooting in jpeg format but I would highly reccomend shooting in RAW mode for the best possible quality.

Pros: Takes great pics in auto modes. Manual is very easy to understand and gives great examples for the advanced modes. Extremely fast response and picture taking for an entry level DSLR.

Cons: Can't think of one.

Other Thoughts: Unless you are planning to never expand your photography horizons, it would probably be better to buy the body by itself and get yourself a better lens.

Pros: Awesome user controls. If you're at all familiar with any Canon model, this one should be pretty self explanatory. The auto focus is almost instantaneous (it's only lagged more than a split second when doing macro work). I went from a 4 megapixel to this ten and it's astonishing how much closer I can crop things. It's also very light weight, 70% of the weight is in the lens. I was also suprisingly impressed by the included RAW file processing software. While it's still no match for full blown photoshop, I can get by just fine with that comboed with Adobe PS Elements. The battery life is also quite good. No need to get an extra battery unless you're going a week without charging or using your flash excessively. I really like how it includes the more basic, automatic controls (portrait, flower, mountain) with the advanced technical controls (Av, Tv, Manual). it provides a good transition from basic use to advanced use. Histogram view is also very handy.

Cons: Yes, it's true, the kit lens is quite limiting. I just need something with a longer zoom. I'm glad I bought the kit lens though, it'll make a good 'beater' lens for camping trips and such. It'll get me through until I can afford a nice IS lens. The camera also feels really small in my hands. Granted, I have pretty large hands, but it's an issue for me. I just solved it by getting an Opteka battery grip.

Other Thoughts: Overall, this is a great transition camera. I used an old 4mp powershot during my highschool dig photo class, and limped through learning the technical aspects. I found myself using the more advanced features after only a few months. After the class, I had to return the camera to it's owner, and kept shopping around for cameras until I got my heart set on this one. It's a HUGE step above any point and shoot. After you invest another thousand dollars or so, this thing will come pretty close to a lot of professional rigs out there. Like I said earlier, this camera has a really nice learning curve. You can get great pictures using the basic settings and work your way up to the more advanced. This is the best bang for your buck out there.
I also recomend getting at least a 2 gig card, a cushioned travel bag and a cheap filter to protect the lens.

Pros: This is my first DSLR or SLR at that, but I have been very satisfied with this camera so far. The image quality smokes any picture I have ever taken with a point and shoot. I also like the fact that you can put any Canon lens on this camera with no worries of compatibility issues. I noticed that seemed to be an issue when I was shopping around and looked at the Nikon D40.

Cons: The only thing I didnt like about this camera was the lense that came in the kit, but I didnt have the money to purchase a different lense at the time so I settled for spending a few extra bucks so I didnt have a camera body laying around with no lense so i could use it.

Other Thoughts: Fortunately a guy I work with is now getting out of the photography business and he shot with Canon so I was able to pick up the 28-135 USM IS lense from him for an unbelievable deal. The only other thing that I didnt really like about the camera is the size of it. It is a little too small for my hands however I plan on purchasing the extended battery grip soon which hopefully will remedy this issue for me.