The bestbuy close to my home have the 300d in display... you can just bring a card and try it out. ALSO if all your friends have canons... then why don't you ask them to show you their 300d or 10d??? (or are they all film only?) leo P.s. Hands down on the S2-Pro, I won't trade it for anything... (hehehe although S3-pro sounds promissing)