Great pictures
Looking forward to toting my camera and all the associated gear on an expedition to the Amazon Rainforest next March ... will post results and reviews after that again. Speaking with professional photographers, I am told that the tropical rainforest is among the most demanding conditions for photography. Need a macro lens, a wideangle ... I'm set with everything else.

Fabulous Camera!
I've owned one of these for over three years now and have taken about 35,000 photos with it. I've never had it cleaned or serviced (I'm thinking about doing so, but the photos are still looking beautiful) and have used it in rain and snow, temperatures from -20 to 110 (F), low light, bright light, etc. without problems. I've even dropped it a couple times (though not on super hard surfaces) and it doesn't seem damaged in any way. The auto setting works great, but I use it in manual a lot, if for nothing more than to take advantage of the RAW setting. I expect it to last several more years and will definitely buy Canon in the future.

beautiful camera.
there are positive things to say about this camera, but i will keep it short. i learn something new with it, every day that i use it. it has so many interesting functions, and i love that. i am completely enthralled with this camera now, and i haven't even added a great lens. once i do that, the camera and i will be unstoppable! :D this is probably the best purchase i have ever made.

Great Camera Horrible Media
I have had this camera for a couple of years now and I really liked it until recently while I was in Italy and the camera wouldn't read my CF card. Fortunately, I got a full 4GB card full before it failed.

When I got home I realized that one of the pins in the camera was bent and now Canon wants 0 to fix it...........ARGHHHH.

Though no fault of my own, I have two San Disk CF cards and one of them goes in label up and the other one goes in label down...GO FIGURE?? WTF.

This is just STUPID. To make it worse, I just bought a cool Tamron 18-270mm lens and if it weren't for this I'd throw this POS in the trash and buy a Nikon or some other camera that uses SD instead of CF.

Even if I fix the pins there's is no assurance this can't happen again and then it'll be another 0 to fix. Forget about lending my camera to ANYBODY who might do the same thing.

This is a very disappointing development so BEWARE if you buy. I wish I had know this was a problem.

My Canon
As I have never owned let alone used an DSLR this is of course a masterpiece of camera, amazing pictures, amazing quality, amazing everything.

The only thing i wish it had was a little more features, my Canon A590 IS has a little more features than the XTi but other than that it is an amazing item for an amazing price!