[Mike McCarty]

Angie,

There are more than a handful of major players in the digital photography market. Canon is certainly one of the biggest and makes a fine camera. It's like arguing between Ford and Chevy. Usually, however, when you make your selection as to Canon, Nikon, Panasonic etc., you become locked in to that brand because of the interchangeable lenses. We tend to gather up a few lenses over time and they don't move from one brand to the other very well, so we make our upgrades within that same brand so that our lenses will still be useful.