I have been shooting with the Rebel since June. I have had Canon cameras for years so:
a) all my old lenses fit
b) with digital my old 80-300 zoom is now a 120-450 (almost the 500mm lense I've always wanted)
c)I can afford to break it. (If it is too expensive I will not carry it everywhere I go for risk of breaking it)(for instance in the Chama shop, cameras take serious abuse)
It takes awsome pictures. I have blown up a few to 20X30 with incredable results.
I did drop-kick it the other day and am now having a problem with the A-DEP button. I think the button now has some dirt in it but it is still working fine and I really kicked it HARD.
Dan