Thanx for your comments, guys. Mike, I really like your website (it's in my "favorites"); I can "find myself" in a lot of visual concepts you execute so excellently. Marc, you're absolutely right ! For me, the canon D30 was the camera I wanted : reasonably priced, full-featured and a great introduction to (semi-)professional photography. When I had enough money to purchase it, Canon decided to take it off the market. Stocks were already very low, so overnight, the D30 was nowhere to be found (except on ebay or some other on-line stores, which I don't trust). They're doing exactly the same with the D60 (which is a D30 with a different (more expensive) chip). I fear that in a couple of weeks, the D60 will have disappeared and replaced with a ... (much) more expensive camera. So I think I'll go out and buy it this weekend even if it will make my credit card moan a bit... As for the lens : I don't plan to be using this camera for sports photography or action shots; I'm planning to do some series on architecture and gardens in the region where I live (Belgium > Flanders > Ghent). But at the same time, I do like to make the odd holiday picture or a nice family portrait. If I understand it correctly, I should not be looking for really "fast" lenses or "L"-grades, but spend my cash on wide angle (somewhere in the region of 24-70 mm x1.6) ?