[fionaB]

well i have a 400D which i love............ AND i upgraded to a 30D recently as well, and i have to say the versatility is so much more, the control, the solidity, all that goes into why I use the 30D and not the 400D unless its as a second body.
( my 11yr old has purloined the 400D most of the time now,)

so you may not notice the difference in the first images, but what u will notice is that the choice of what to do is so much more that you will notice eventually a big difference in the images, plus it will give you the added confidence to try things u may not have done before, especially considering the 5 fps compared to the 3 fps on the 400d

Fi