Stop tormenting me...

[jsbowden]

Those Bastards at Canon and Nikon are taunting me, damnit.

I've wanted a decent SLR camera since my dad's broke back in the mid 80s. Currently, we use a Sony DSC V1 for our picture taking, which as point and squirt digitals go, is not a bad camera. If we suddenly get the overwhelming urge to use a 35mm point and squirt, we've got a decent little Fuji. If I want to take real pictures, oh well.

Canon are releasing the EOS 30D this month:

http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/controller?act=ModelDetailAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=12929
http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/eos30d/index.html

Get the body without the default lense, and use the difference to get a nicer replacement lens and add a decent flash, and Hey!

Nikon have also recently released a really nice body I like and are thus taunting me too (and it's got a larger sensor and optional 802.11g capability):

http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?cat=1&grp=2&productNr=25235

Coupled with these:

http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?cat=1&grp=5&productNr=2137
http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?cat=1&grp=4&productNr=4801

That would be a nice base dSLR setup.