I have the original Digital Rebel and I love it... the body is better than the XTs if you ask me... the XT is too small where as the original DRebel is more like a 35mm body, but still plastic... I was going to get the 20D when it came out but I've decided to hold off for the 30D which will probably be out within a year... but if you want a DSLR and don't want to spend a lot of money, buy the Digital Rebel for $700 with the kit lens (18-55mm) but there is a 1.6 maginification with DSLR so that'd make any 35mm lens bigger... so 18-55 is really 28.8-88mm...