Even though I prefer Nikon, I figured I'd post this for anyone looking to get their first DSLR:

Rebel XT body for $382

(Note - it's body only, and NOT the XTi, but still a great deal.
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"Nature has constituted utility to man the standard and test of virtue. Men living in different countries, under different circumstances, different habits and regimens, may have different utilities; the same act, therefore, may be useful and consequently virtuous in one country which is injurious and vicious in another differently circumstanced" - Thomas Jefferson, moral relativist