5 comments about Canon EOS 1D Mark III 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only).

1. I've had this camera now for 6 months. I heard all the hype about it's "faults" etc so was a little concerned. But, then I really started to read, and found that most of the issue was hype. Only some photographers in some specific conditions had the problem. Then Canon announced some hardware and firmware fixes.
   
   This camera is just stunning. The quick and accurate AF is brilliant. It can lock on and track the target very well. It's clearly sharper for centre focus but also does brilliant for landscape images and still portraits.
   
   The fps and burst rate is second to none. It's a beast when you set it off. I shoot mostly sport, so a nice burst can be the difference between capturing and missing that image.
   
   The body is great. Not too heavy for what it does, and it's balanced very well. The construction and weather sealing are great.
   
   I could go on and on about just how good this camera is. It is well worth having a look at. So, go to your local store, feel the camera, fire off a burst and then there's no going back.



2. When one reads the early reviews of this camera, they will be surprised to see the focusing problems experienced by a seeminly large number of photographers. Canon has come out with both hardware and firmware fixes to this body. I purchased a model with a serial number indicating manufacture after these fixes have been effected. I am having absolutely no issues with this camera's focusing in both focusing modes. I love this camera. It is truely a magnificient camera. For those of you who are serious about your photography, you won't be disappointed (except for the cost). Enjoy if its in your budget.



3. After reading bad reviews on the focus problems with this camera I waited a while to pull the trigger. I shoot sports, equestrian (some indoors), and stage dance. I bought this camera for low light useage, and the superior focus speed. I have not been dissapointed. I use 3200iso when necessary without any worries. My mark3 came from Canon with the latest firmware update already installed. The battery life is incredible, shot 1700 images and still had 40% left. The wait was worth it.



4. I have been a loyal Canon user for many years. I own a 30D and the MarkIIID. The Mark IIID was sent back for the recall to address the AF. The work they did to it negatively effected the color balance. It was sent back to the factory. The factory then lost my camera (having shipped it with the wrong FEDEX number). They sent another Mark III. It had back focus problems. In the meantime, another camera was sent as a loaner. It was proudly pronounced in tip top shape and was new. It arrived half packed, used, dirty sensor and dirty contacts for the lens. The AF didn't work. Canon believes that they didn't do anything wrong. Customer Service Rep. Elizabeth Wood responded with a litany of liability-speak but bottom line, they would only send another camera. The MarkIII has significant AF problems, even with the firmware upgrade. Save yourself the stress, don't buy Canon



5. Definite FIVE STARS!!! I am a Canon girl all the way. I've had the S3 IS, the SD630, the SD900, the Rebel XTi, the Rebel XSi, and now the 1D Mark III. I can't believe the difference between the XSi and the 1D Mark III. From the overall feel of the body, to the shutter sound, to the quality of the photos. The dual processors make a huge difference. Combined with the extensive line of Canon lenses, this is a phenomenal camera. I am sold on the professional line, though the XSi will now become my back-up body for when I shoot weddings, etc.

5 comments about Polaroid 8.0MP Digital Camera - Purple (CIA-0834S).

1. Complete trash. And no service. Camera died in 2 days, sent in, nothing from them in 2 months



2. This camera is garbage. I purchased it 6 months ago as a gift for my niece for Christmas. Now the screen blacks out and the pictures are blurry. Furthermore, neither Target nor Polaroid will stand behind it because she does not have a receipt for her gift. Beleive you are better off with a Kodak or some other brand. This camera is trash.



3. I got this camera on my 13th birthday and it works really great. I haven't had any problems with it and there are so many options on the camera to choose from. There is an effects part where you can change the picture to black and white and other colors. A great plus is that there is a setting where the date will show up on the picture. It has a great zoom and the pictures come out in really fine quality. There is a setting on the camera that makes it real easy for beginners to use. I would definetly recommend this camera to anyone who would like a nice and easy camera to take pictures with.



4. I work in a college A-V department, for which I've been able to advise on the purchase of high-end digital cameras - Canon pro dSLRs and the like. I bought this little Polaroid primarily as a joke: its bright plastic casing is almost the exact shade of purple as our official school color. The joke has turned out to be a rather pleasant surprise. The 8.0MP i834's image quality is perfectly acceptable for most situations, particularly small print and Web use. Bear in mind that using the camera's settings - such as keeping ISO to 50 or 100 max - and shooting in bright sunlight produce the best quality photos; that's nothing unusual in the point & shoot digicam market. As a professional photographer, I especially appreciate the Polaroid's manual overrides and mostly stick with the shutter-priority mode; aperture priority isn't as useful, since the camera seems to pick only about two or three aperture settings and not always the optimal ones for my situation.
   
   The i843's photos tend to be slightly grainy in shadow areas (the noise looks a lot like film grain, so I don't mind) but certainly capture plenty of detail. Colors generally are bright, vivid and nicely saturated, almost like Fujichrome slide film. Expect well over 700 images (at 8PM, Super Fine settings) per 2GB SD card. Marco mode works well for flower close-ups; framing via the bright 3" LCD is relatively easy but - as is the case with most LCDs - more of a challenge in strong sunlight, where the screen image washes out. The 3x optical zoom lens is fairly standard but offers a good amount of sharpness for this price range.
   
   Operation is quick, although focusing can take longer than anticipated for far-off subject or ones lacking contrast. (Helpful red and green markers appear on the LCD to indicate when focus and exposure are ready for the the photo to be taken.) The flash cycles in a respectable amount of time and is of average brightness. Using rechargeable AAs is the way to go, but since the large LCD eats a lot of power, having several spare Ni-MH AAs on hand will save headaches when out for a day of photo fun. The easy to navigate menus - one of the strong suits of Polaroid's digital cameras - offer tons of features and shooting modes, plus the nice option of color effects after an image has been taken - the camera will make a B&W or Sepia file of a color image, for example. Auto white balance performance works very well in daylight and seems about average in other circumstances. Playback is quick, too, as is deleting unwanted photos. Good control layout on the back puts everything within easy reach.
   
   So, while not top of the line, the Polaroid i834 offers a lot of enjoyment for the price. Judging from other reviews, reliability appears to be dodgy, to say the least, but as of this writing, I can report that after two month of moderate use, the i834 continues to work like a trooper. It's a good fit in the hand, responsive and just all around a blast to take with me. Besides, where else can I find a decent digicam in this shade of grape purple? If the friendly little Polaroid i834 makes folks smile even before I take a shot, I'm ahead of the game already.



5. I purchased this camera from Target in March 2008. I have only taken about 50 pictures. It goes through batteries like crazy. I turned the camera on last week, it beeped, extended the lens, then froze up. Customer service will not return my emails, phone calls or letters and will not give me a refund or repair my camera (because they can't?) since I no longer have a receipt. The pictures are not all that great; but not bad for the price. But since I can't take any more picture with it ... I have since read reviews where over 60% of the commentors have a broken camera with a stuck extended lens and no recourse. :(

5 comments about Casio Exilim EX-Z75 7.2MP Digital Camera with 3x Anti Shake Optical Zoom (Blue).

1. This camera is a beautiful trash!
   I bought it 6 month ago for my wife because it looks cute.
   However, its battery died after 1 month. We called casio and they sent us a new one. But this new one died again yesterday.
   We are so disappointed with the BS battery. Without a reliable battery, this camera is just a beautiful trash.
   Don't buy it.



2. The EX-Z75 is a nice slim camera with an absolutely amazing macro mode (images of my keyboard with macro mode look like the dust is magnified under a microscope!). My wife and I own two of these cameras. Unfortunately, we were unable to take either of them on our honeymoon last week due to defective batteries.
   
   When we got the cameras on Christmas 2007, everything was great. My battery died in Feb 2008. Instead of a constant red light, the charger gave a flashing red "error state" light. Casio quickly sent a new battery and acknowledged on the phone that the batteries for the EX-Z75 around last fall had problems. An internet search about EX-Z75 will confirm this (do your homework!). In July 2008, both my new battery and my wife's battery both died and gave the flashing-red error indicator on the charger. THREE dead batteries in 7 months. Casio sent two more batteries via 2-day mail with no questions asked -- though we had to borrow my dad's camera for the honeymoon.
   
   When it's working, the pics are pretty good. 7 MP mode gives slightly blurry images at full resolution, though everything's sharp at 5 MP. And 5 MP for a camera of this size is admirable. The flash is a little weak and may give some noise/speckling in the images in dark areas, though outdoor and well-lit images are superb. And the macro mode is amazing, as I mentioned. If only longer focal-length images were so sharp at 7 MP...
   
   Overall a good buy if you can find it on sale for ~$100 and consider it a 5 MP camera instead of 7 MP... though you'll want to call Casio right away and get an extra battery!



3. This is a very good camera. I like it because it is not big so you can carry in any purse. It makes good videos. The screen is big enough. Very easy to navigate through the functions. The pictures turn out good, I`ve seen better ones, but for the price I payed, it was really really worth it!!!



4. I have had this camera for about 7 months. Right from the start it took mediocre pictures (semi blurry), but I forgave it for that because I wanted something small and cool looking. After seeing some comparable cameras though that my friends have I now know that the images mine took were really unacceptable. To add insult to injury something internal to the camera came loose recently and I had to send it in to Casio. No problem I thought, I have had it less than a year and that's the warranty period. Guess what, they want $150 to fix it! Ridiculous. You can get a better camera with higher MP for that price. I see a lot of folks were happy with this camera, and that's great, but beware the horrible warranty dept should you need a repair. Bunch of thieves.



5. excellent, but is fragile, so try not to fall with it, it will break for sure.

4 comments about Casio EX-Z80BE 8 MP, 3x Optical Zoom Digital Camera - Blue.

1. I bought this camera mainly just for video. From my search only Casio have point-n-shoot camera that capture more than 640x480 at 30fps. This Z80 can capture 848x480 at 30fps. Samsung's L210 and S1050 can do 800x600 but only at 20fps. Video quality at 848x480 (casio call it UHQ/HQ wide mode) is quite good.
   Image quality is OK, it's no where near that from my Rebel xti, but acceptable, again I am not too worried about image quality.
   Control, UI are good. (You can try it at WalMart or Costco)
   Other pluses are its small size and low price.
   
   Minus: H.264 movie is in .mov format, I don't have quicktime or itune(hate them), I installed "quicktime alternative" and can watch them in WMP or mediaplayer classic.
   Another thing is Vista keep importing movies that's have been imported. It just do this to movies, pics are fine. I usually click "erase after imporing", so it's not big deal for me, and it's Vista's problem not camera's anyway.
   overall I like it.



2. I recently purchased the EX-Z80 and have since returned it because I was not happy with the image quality. The auto function produced pictures that were blurry and noisy. Quite a bit of pixelation/noise in all photos I took as test shots. The flash is very bright for shooting close subjects, takes a lot of color out of people shots. The different shooting modes were difficult to figure out and still produced blurry photos. The difficulty in actually figuring out the right setting to use was too bothersome. Not to mention, I never found a setting that I was happy with. If you're not that picky about blur and noise, then this might be the type of camera for you. However, for the camera buffs that just want a small camera to carry around for those spontaneous photo-ops, you should think again. I returned the camera and bought a Canon Powershot A590 IS that I am very happy with.



3. I owned several cameras, film and digital, and this is by far the best digital point-and-shoot I ever had. I have to admit that it took me a long time to decide on buying a Casio as opposed to Cannon, Nikon, or Pentax, as I had very good experience with those.
   However my wife was supposed to be the main user of this new camera, so when she saw it in a store, she was sold on it, as the camera is very small and very good looking. She loved the green one (which is is actually a greenish yellow) so we paid $10 more than the black one and got it.
   To me it took a lot more to be convinced, so here is my point of view on it:
   Pros:
   - Very good quality of the pictures (the auto focus works great and the multi point metering system takes care nicely of most situations, including some more difficult shots (like high contrast, back lit subjects, moving subjects, etc)
   - I love that you can easily switch between standard format (1.33 ratio), film format (3:2 ratio), or wide screen (16:9 format).
   - Metal body, makes the camera fill solid and you can have a good grip and stability.
   - Easy to switch between different menus like changing formats, flash modes, ISO sensitivity, different self timer settings, shooting modes (like single, continuous, etc), auto shutter, and face recognition modes.
   - Although I consider face recognition a gimmick and I never use it in real life, I did try it and surprisingly works very well! Not only the camera will find and focus on the face, but you can set also the Auto-Shutter to take the picture only when the subject smiles. There is even more: you can record several faces in the camera's internal memory, and when those people are in a larger group, the camera will find their faces and focus on them, so they come out the best! I tried the freakish feature and it works!!!
   Also, it has other many Auto-Shooting features, that some people might want, I tried them, they work but, I don't normally need most of them.
   - The movie recording quality is very good. I set it to wide screen and the highest quality and it is exceptionally good, I say at least like a DVD (also it does record sound very well, with no significant camera's own noise).
   - It has its own movie recording button, so you do not need to go though any settings in order to start filming. You push the trigger on top, you take pictures, or if you push the trigger on the back side, you are filming (push again to stop). It can not get any simpler or faster.
   - If you don't like to mingle with settings, you may find the "Best Shot" setting very simple and useful. You click the "BS" button (funny name... ;-), and you get a bunch of sample photos. Use the left-right-up-down buttons to navigate to the picture that is similar to what you are shooting, push OK, and the camera sets itself up for that type of picture (like flowers, portrait, self portrait, sports, night scenes etc, etc).
   - I love the burst shooting mode (aka CS - Continuous Shooting), which has several settings:
   CS - shoots pictures at the quality you set as fast as possible;
   CS-FAST shoots lower resolution pictures and saves them to the internal memory. I got about 4 to 5 pictures per second in this mode, and the quality is good enough to print 5x7" pictures. This is a life saver when your kid shakes hands with the principal of the school, when they make a karate jump, or when they throw that ball. Normally you push the trigger and hope the camera takes the picture at the right time. With this, you push the trigger a little earlier, hold it until the kid is through, and before you know it you have a series of pictures taken at short intervals of each other, so your chances are a lot better to find one that shows what you want to see.
   - Used with a 4GB SDHC memory card, my wife took literary hundreds of pictures and filmed many minutes of movie during a recent trip before she had to transfer them to the computer. She did that only several times during the 3 weeks trip.
   - Also, one charge of the battery lasted for several days. In fact she did not charge it until, into the four or fifth day of the trip, the low battery message came on.
   Negatives:
   None so important to give anything lower than a five star rating.
   - I would have liked a "shorter" focal length on the close end, so that you can have a wider view as sometimes there is not enough room to get away from larger groups of people. However most of the cameras have this focal lengths, so this is just a wish with small point and shoot cameras.
   All being said, I love this little camera.



4. Love this camera for my child. Small and easy to carry. LCD screen is big and easy to see.

5 comments about Sony Cybershot DSC-H7 8.1MP Digital Camera with 15x Optical Image Stabilization Zoom.

1. This is such a fantastic camera!! It is easy to use, much lighter weight than it looks. I can't believe it was $100 less than my last camera. The shots I took with the macro lens look like they are postcards. The color of the images are very vibrant and clear, and low light shots,(which had alot of artifacts with my last camera) have great clarity. I am very happy with this purchase!



2. Just purchased this camera, so still getting used to it. So far, it is fantastic. Light weight, easy to use and the instructions are easy to follow. Definetly recommend buying



3. I bought this camera last summer when I was really wanting to upgrade to a DSLR and settled for an upgrade point and shoot. I was really excited with the zoom, which is an awesome feature, and all of the other in camera options. My biggest problem with this camera is the poor image quality in low lighting. The picture will seem to be okay on the LCD but once it's on the computer it's grainy and most of the time slightly blurred. As long as I'm outside, the shots turn out pretty good. Still not as clear and bright as I'd prefer, but not as bad as inside shooting.
   
   Also another annoyance is when you are in low lighting situations and you zoom in close, the camera won't allow you to take a picture. I was recently at a concert taking photos from about 25 feet back and it kept just focusing and not snapping any shots (which would've been great at the moment I wanted to capture them!) instead I got the sides of heads or eyes half closed. Frustrating!
   
   A great feature with this camera is the options for sepia & black and white. Especially because you can change this setting while filming also. At the concert I attended the lighting was this awful red and I was able to switch to black and white and have a really good video.
   
   In all, if you take pictures outside in great lighting situations- you'll love the options this camera has to offer! If you're looking to take pictures indoors, at sporting or other events- I would definitely skip it because you'll find yourself frustrated like I still am.



4. I have owned the H1 and H2 and they are superior in quality compared to this camera. I use the H7 for work and bought it as a replacement for the H2 when the H2's shutter button stopped working. I have the H1 as my personal camera and it is by far the best in quality. My main concerns with the H7 are that it activates the flash when it doesn't seem to be necessary, the optics don't seem to be as good as the two previous models and the camera just feels "cheaper" by comparison. When I took pictures with the other cameras, I got some amazing shots. Like my dog's whiskers in perfect focus from across the room. If you can get a hold of an H1 somewhere, jump on it.



5. I bought two of these cameras. First one works great, nice pictures, clear, no problems so far. The second one i just received in the mail and i must tell you... THE BOX WAS OPEN (stickers were torn off, etc. ) when i received it. Can't find a phone number for Amazon.com anywhere to speak to someone about why the box was open. Very disapointed in Amazon about not providing the phone number. They jerk you around back and forth with FAQ but there is no phone number and my issue is not covered in FAQ. I hope there are no problems with this camera because I wouldn't know where to even start without a phone number and we all know how sending e-mails about a problem goes. Good Luck

5 comments about Slik Professional Universal Deluxe Tripod with 3-Way Panhead and Panoramic Photo Guide.

1. 
   Let me tell you. I first purchased a SLIK U212 in the summer of 1981. I've taken it to deserts, mountains, beaches, you name it. It's been a consistent (no nonsense) workhorse all this time. Everything positive you've heard about this wonderful device is absolute truth. I've recently opted to become a wedding photographer and am purchasing another one of these miracles as backup.
   
   You can pay more for one of those swank, foreign-sounding tripods. Or buy a SLIK and get out there an tear up the landscape with your SLR and your digital camera and take great pix. I still marvel at how resilient my U212 is. You deserve this tripod. Buy it, and you won't be sorry.



2. This tripod kicks butt. I've owned many over the years but this one takes the cake. It is relatively light weight but super sturdy. The geared center column is nice for fine adjustments. So many others are just slide type. The quick lock panhead is nice. It securely holds your camera in place and the sliding vertical support is great for those vertical shots. My favorite features are on the legs. The fact that you can unlock them and pivot them out a full 90 degrees is awsome! This allows for lower angles, more stability, or better flexibility on irregular terrine. Also, the threaded mount on on of the legs. This allows you to remove the panhead from the top and attach it to a leg. I find this to be perfect for extremely low angles or macro pictures. It also works as a copy stand for shooting straight down. If your in the market for a good, all around work horse, This tripod will not disappoint!!!



3. Wonderful tripod, but the quick release head on it really sucks. Big time. I replaced it with one from another manufacturer. The combination is great.
   
   Really, the quick release head his Slick tripod is terrible.



4. I've had my Slick U212 since about 1988, my first and only tripod. Bought it used from a amateur photo shoot buddy. His thing was the Leica R4, If I remember correctly, while mine was the Olympus OM4 SLR.
   
   Haven't used my U212 much since the days of photo shoots. Currently looking around to supplement the U212 with a ball head by Bogen Monfrotto and a binocular adaptor. Lots of searching and thinking with adaptors and bushings because Monfrotto is threaded for 3/8" while the U212 is 1/4".
   
   All this tinkering just to find all that is really needed is the binocular adaptor and perhaps some spare quick shoes for the U212. The Slick Universal U212 really is universal.
   
   The U212 is not the lightest, strongest, or flexible (head swapping) unit available. If your needs for a tripod are general and non specific the U212 has proven over the years to be exceptional.



5. I bought the Silk Professional Universal Deluxe Tripod for my girlfriend a few weeks ago. She owns a Nikon D60.
   
   She has said nothing but good things about this tripod.
   I highly recommend this tripod.

1 comments about Polaroid A550 5.0MP 4x Digital Zoom Camera (Black).

1. Great camera for kids. Fits in a shirt pocket, light, the fixed lens is hard for a kid to damage and comes with a slip-on rubber armor "skin". Picture quality is not on par with similar 5MP Kodak or HP cameras, but good enough. There is an unusually long 2 second delay after puching the button before it takes a picture. Get an SD card (1GB MAX), as the 16MB internal memory only holds 6-8 pictures at highest quality setting. Video does have sound. Battery life is very good with Alkaline, excellent with rechargeable AAA's. The flash is bright, but max range is about 10 feet. It features basic picture controls, nothing very advanced. Avoid your left hand getting infront of the IR sensor or by the lens (light will reflect off your hand and wash out the picture).

No comments about Nikon D60 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S DX "VR" and 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX "VR" Zoom-Nikkor Lens + 4GB Deluxe Accessory Kit.

5 comments about Fujifilm Finepix Z100fd 8MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Brown).

1. I bought this camera about a month ago and my friend liked it so much she bought it herself. I even lie it better than my Dad's similar sony camera. It has lots of different modes even some of them are hard to access.
   The face detection works really well and the 5x zoom is a big plus. It also has 8.1 mega pixels so that picture quality is good.



2. If you want a simple point and shoot camera, this is not the camera for you. The clarity on the autofocus sucks! You can purchase a different point-and shoot camera that takes clear quality photos at the same price for which this camera sells.



3. I wanted a camera to replace my Fuji F460, which took great pictures, but the zoom buttons got stuck and wouldn't un-zoom without a lot of hassle.
   
   I liked the features of this one, and that it was pink. I liked that it had more zoom than the F460.
   
   I liked nothing about this camera, other than the pink. The menu is so awkward - when you change a menu setting, it dumps you right back to the view finder, completely out of the menu. Then you have to go back into the menu, scroll scroll scroll to the set up, navigate to another option you want to change, save and get dumped again completely out of the menu setup. Wash, rinse, repeat.
   
   I could have lived with that if it took great pictures. It didn't. The pictures SUCKED. Maybe if you looked at it from far away, it looked ok. But zoom in to the full size, and the pictures are completely grainy. I had it on the highest quality setting, I tried using auto, manual, etc - nothing helped. I took identical pictures with this one and my F460, and there was just no comparison. The F460 were clear and sharp, and this one were all muddled and grainy.
   
   I'm returning it. Don't waste your money unless you don't have great eyesight.



4. This camera looks very stylish and slim. I like the lighted Z and it has many different camera modes and takes great pictures.



5. I'm not sure what's wrong with the cameras that the people who gave this one star had, but my Fugifilm z100fd camera is great. It's sleak and slim and takes great pictures and video. I love the fact that the lens doesn't have to go in or out, and the sliding cover is great for protecting it. I've had this camera for a good while and have no complaints thus far. If you're looking for a under $200 camera, I would strongly suggest considering this one.

5 comments about Canon Digital Rebel XT 8MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 Lens (Silver).

1. The was my first DSLR and I LOVE the pictures!!!! Very fast to capture those instant moments of your 2 or 3 year olds face. Great out door pictures and versatility with interchangeable lenses.



2. And wow, what a difference it is from point-and-shoot cameras. We were looking for an SLR to take good in-motion pictures. With our point-and-shoots, they came out terrible, and with kids, they never hold still! After reading many reviews, both here and cnet, we decided to purchase the XT. And we're not disappointed one bit! We're both very much amateurs when it comes to photography, but the manual was easy enough for us to understand how to take pictures OTHER than just on auto. We love being able to take 10+ shots in a row. And this does a wonderful job of freezing the action. Pictures are no longer blurry. We're very pleased. And for the price (we found it brand new on ebay for under $500 with the kit lens), it can't be beat.



3. This was my first DSLR camera. It was great! However, I found myself outgrowing it rather quickly, and upgraded to the 40d.



4. I bought this camera couple months ago, got a great deal on Amazon.com at that time - camera, len included and 2GB memory card for under $450. After months of using it, I would say this is a great camera. I primary use it to capture my newborn daughter pictures and this camera does a great job, I catch lot of 'Canon' moments of my daughter, I love the speed of SLR camera.
   One little complain is the attached flash pretty weak, but I still give it 5 stars because I know I can't ask for more at this price and an external flash is an easy solution. The included len is good but not great. It's not a big deal since I am expecting it.
   If you come from point-and-shoot world, this camera definitely is a good start and Canon XT camera lessons on Canon website are very helpful.



5. I bought this camera nearly a year ago, and I've liked just about everything about this lens. Its size, its image quality, everything. In fact, for my money, it's superior to the XTi since its image quality is better in low light situations. As to why, well, with the XTi, you're fitting 10 megapixels on the same-sized image sensor as the XT, which will create a noisier (grainier) image. The XSi has some advanced hardware that counteracts this tendency.
   
   Having said this, however, there is ONE item I wish the XT had--3200 ISO. In fact, neither the XT nor XTi nor XSi, have this high ISO (they all go up to 1600). I like to take pictures with natural light, and having a 3200 ISO will be helpful in extremely dark situations, like the wedding I just went to recently where the dance floor was essentially without light (and I was shooting with a f/1.8 lens). So, if you see yourself taking a lot of photos in low light, you might as well get the Canon 30D body for $650 (the price as of now--Sept 2008). One final item: I have NO idea why this camera as of Sept 1, 2008 costs $698 with the 18-55mm lens. I bought mine almost a year ago for $450 for the exact same combo! If the price doesn't go down, buy a Nikon D60 (cheaper) or Canon XSi (same price as the XT and way more advanced). Or, best yet, buy a Canon 30D and buy the lens separate. With a Canon 30D and a Canon 50mm f/1.8 or f/1.4 lens, you can essentially handle anything short of pitch-black scenes.