I know this is one of those dumb questions that can have a million answers but I have been researching and everytime I see another product I change my mind, so far went from nikon d40 to d 60 to canon eos 40d wich is probably overkill and now I see cosco has a canon rebel xsi with 2 lenses on sale for 799 . I think I rather have something with a image stabilizer lens dont want to carry a tripod around . It will mostly be used for photos of my tank and some family pics . I do love my little 5 megapixel elf it is great when I am on my motorcycle but sucks when you want to zoom in on something then again a dslr would do me no good on a motorcycle.If only I can get some kind of a zoom on my elf