I bought a Cannon XTi a few months ago, and I can't say I'm totally pleased with it. I mostly got it for a trip I took to SE Asia and I had all sorts of power problems with it in the heat and humidity. After about 2 hours out it would start shutting down just as I was going to take a photo, and sometimes while the photo I just took was saving to the CF card, so I lost a lot of what I thought would have been good shots (I mostly shoot birds, so you're lucky if you get a second shot). I took it to a Cannon shop in Singapore, but it wasn't a problem that they knew about, and I haven't had a chance to take it in to the shop where I bought since I got back. My best guess is a problem with the battery or the contacts. Haven't had the same problems back home in the temperate zone, but still, it was annoying.
Otherwise, it's a pretty good camera, but after using my old all-manual (and film) Pentax K1000 for eons, I find the auto focus a little difficult. These new-fangled cameras that try to do everything for you can take some getting used to, but if you're coming into it new that won't be as much of a problem.
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