My zoom shots always look noisy with the panasonic and they lack detail. Sounds like this may be a problem with the DSLR too. I also have a problem with hot pixels showing up in all of my shots. My camera is also pretty slow to focus in auto focus. I think after reading all of your posts I will either go for the body only or the standard canon kit lens just to have a lens until I can buy better ones. I will be picking up a macro lens right after christmas so I guess I need to start looking into the best one to get. I will pick up a zoom lens a little bit later. My main reason for choosing the canon is that I can continue upgrading the camera and I will have the lenses. I have also seen some spectacular landscapes and wildlife shots on here that were taken with DSLR's and I want that detail and clarity in my shots.