Rachel, you'll love the canon it's great I got the twin lens kit on the internet for around $1180 which included a memory card, cleaner, extra charger (I got the case separately on the internet that was really cheap from China, but it's the real canon case). They twin lens kits are priced from about $1400 to $1700 in the shops. The 18-55 lens is standard I think but the 55-200 is the one you can really zoom in and it's great for taking pics from very far away. I just came back from a holiday and took some stunning pictures of these boats going by (they were very far away but in my pictures they look like they are very close ) and the pictures I took from the helicopter were fantastic too.
I bought the Kiss (Asian model) brand new off eBay from a seller (a digital goods retailer) in Melbourne. I got the camera with the 18-55 IS lens plus a telephoto lens and wide angel lens for $855. I was stoked with that. The only difference with the Kiss is it only as two languages - English and Japanese. English is good for me
ETA: I'd like to buy the super zoom lens down the track
Rachel, I got my twin lens kit on ebay, brand new from an Oz supplier (so for the warranty the camera has to be sent to Sydney) but I suppose they send it off to China as that's where they source the cameras from. I was toying with the idea of buying directly from China for a couple of hundreds dollars less, but if anything goes wrong I'd have to send it to China directly. I ended up buying from a seller that had the most cameras sold, I figured they would be pretty reliable! lol. If you need any info PM me hun
Well... our local shops has a Bing Lee so I went up there this arvo (instead of having an afternoon nap which I really needed) armed with my internet prices to see what they could do for me. I was prepared to pay a bit more because I’m so excited and I want it now... but...
They are totally out of stock and have no idea when they’re getting any more because of the Japanese earthquake. I didn’t think of that, poor Japan.
I got the twin lens kit on the internet for around $1180 which included a memory card, cleaner, extra charger (I got the case separately on the internet that was really cheap from China, but it's the real canon case). They twin lens kits are priced from about $1400 to $1700 in the shops. The 18-55 lens is standard I think but the 55-200 is the one you can really zoom in and it's great for taking pics from very far away. I just came back from a holiday and took some stunning pictures of these boats going by (they were very far away but in my pictures they look like they are very close
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that is an awesome price. It’s really pays to shop around doesn’t it. 
I didn’t think of that, poor Japan. 
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