I am inline to get that camera myself...please share some thoughts on it with us if you get a minute! THANKS
well....this is my first SLR and major camera purchase so i don't have much frame of reference. I know enough about photography to have a basic understanding exposure, ISO, aperture, choosing the right glass....etc etc etc. so after thorough reading of the manual, i was able to make my way through the camera menus and settings fairly easily....but holy cow! i haven't even come close to tapping the potential of this camera. there are so many different settings and options it sort of makes my head spin.
the 3" display is quite nice but not totally accurate to actual picture you are taking. mine makes the picture look barely overexposed even at lower brightness settings, but i think that comes with the territory with LCD displays. All of my pictures looked much better once i transferred to the computer. I've read reviews that the utilizing the "live view" feature can make the camera really hot. I prefer using the viewfinder anyway so it's no big deal.
the build quality is great! very solid piece of gear. the big improvement that the folks on fred miranda mention all the time is the Auto Focus. They say it's much better than the 20/30d and rebels. but like i said i have no frame of reference so i can't compare. It is nice though, but there were certain circumstances i chose to go with the manual focus to get it just right. I think that's pretty common among all cameras because if the auto focus was perfect.....nobody would ever buy anything other than point and shoots
i know...not the best review....but that's really all i can comment on at the moment.