Canon EOS Rebel T1i 15.1 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 3-Inch LCD and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens

The camera has a great grip and weight, nice battery duration, and make terrific pictures.. You get good colors and quality using the correct settings.
Menu is not so easy to use (if u are not familiar with canon), but after few days, u get it!
It's simply amazing to do HD videos with it. Great stuff for short movies. Only things to worry about this: not to cover the mic on the left, in the front face; and setting the focus - thats painful to get used. And unfortunately, its not possible to do 24fps videos or to change ISO or speed.

I had wanted a dslr for several years. After months of researching, I decided on the T1i and am glad I did. I'd suggest adding a battery grip which gives you extra battery time and makes the T1i feel nicer in the hands. (the hand grip on the camera itself is small and can be uncomfortable) A class 6 memory card is a good idea if you'll be shooting video.

I had my camera for a month now, and I love it! I am still learning everything! If you are new, don't get overwhelmed. It's great! IF you are a professonial or advanced, you properly have something more exspensive, but I love it!

We bought the camera kit off of eBay with Squaretrade warranty for less then (...) using Bing Cashback so I got an outstanding price right off the bat.

As far as the camera goes; it takes great pictures as far as I can tell. I'm not professional; I just wanted a camera that would get the shots of my 3 year old daughter and this does it pretty well. We put the pictures on my 55in lcd tv and blew them up to 200% and still didn't notice any pixelazation on the focus point. The camera controls are very easy (except for autofocus on the video); the speed of the camera is awesome (highly recommend the Sandisk Extreme 30mb/s SD card); overall very satisfied with the camera. My only complaint is that it does not accept Compact Flash which are cheaper and capabale of higher write speeds.

One other thing that I'm not really happy with is the video; but I bought this as a camera not a HD video camera. I turned off the auto focus because you could here the motors in the video; but I couldn't manually focus quick enough to keep up with the video. Again keep in mind; this is a camera; if you want an HD video camera look at the Sony HCX.

My experience with canon's t1i has been simply outstanding, the camera is light, portable and shoots great quality photographs. It doesn't perform as well in low light settings, but with the right lenses and technique it can be improved, battery life is normal, so I suggest purchasing a battery grip for those photographers who do spend lots of time on the field. Overall, I recommend this camera completely, its an incredible camera at an amazing price.