photography buffs, help me buy a DSLR camera

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what has changed? the cameras you are considering all more than a year old.

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no they're not. D40x and XTi are new versions. I figured a new thread to discuss this (buying a camera) might be in order.

Nevertheless, if the powers that be diagree, they may feel free to lock this and I will bump the old thread and humbly apologize for creating a new one.