Like so many others, I too followed the link from Ocuk's forums, so I thought it time to post and say hello.
I've only been into photography semi-seriously for about a year and I eagerly looked forward to the 350d coming out and hoped to get a good deal on a 300d, my pateince payed off and I got a good package to get me started in the world of DSLRs. I look forward to reading the great quality of posts here and picking up pointers. :icon_cool