Yea, what Michelle said. The picture quality of the Canon Digital Rebel (300D) is equivalent to the EOS 10D (they use the same CMOS array and Digic processor). The difference is in the features, customizability and build quality (10D winning on all those counts). The Nikon D100 has similar image quality to the 10D - I think the 10D is a bit better in color reproduction and lower noise, but only because of its newer technology. Really, they are both fantastic cameras. If going between the two, I'd look to the lenses to see which one I'd prefer. Minolota doesn't have a DSLR now, but they have already announced that they will be releasing a Digital Minolta Maxxum in 2004. How good it will be, that's anyones guess. It always makes me nervous when a company brings out a product for the very first time. In the price range your looking, besides those, there's: Sigma SD9 and SD10 DSLRs - SD9 was their first digital and has some weak points, SD10 is supposed to be better (both use the Foveon image arrays which is a really interesting technology). Olympus E-1 DSLR - It's Olympus's very first DSLR. The 2x multiplying factor kind of bugs me on that camera. They also use a new lens mount specifically made for this camera, so lenses for their film cameras won't work. Pentax *ist D DSLR - No one ever seems to talk about it so I have no idea how real owners feel about it. -=>Donald