Hey BC,

I bought a Canon EOS 1000D DSLR about 18 months ago and I am still seriously in love with it. There's heaps of in depth features that I still don't really know how to use, but there's also heaps of 'automatic' / point and shoot features that take beautiful, clear pictures.

I had a look in Harvey Norman last weekend and they are about $650 with the 2 lense kit.

HTH

Nic