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Generally reasonable advice, except for the bit about L lenses. Great lenses aren’t wasted on any body that can take them. When I was pondering buying my first DSLR in 2004, my budget allowed either the 20D (my dream camera at the time) and a couple of consumer grade zooms, or the 300D (original Digital Rebel) and a couple of L zooms. Everyone advised me to get the Rebel and L lenses (except the idiots who couldn’t understand that some of us really don’t have unlimited money to spend on our hobby, or anything else). It was the single best piece of advice I’ve ever seen on these forums. I did eventually get the 20D (still have it), and loved it, but only after quite a while shooting great lenses on the cheapest (at the time) DSLR on the market, and getting great results, a couple of which still hang on my walls in 30” X 20” poster prints (no, you don’t need 45, 30, 20, or even 12 megapixels to make large prints, 6.3MP actually works quite well).
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