In my opinion, it is best that you go and try out both side by side. At the end of the day the price and brand is not important, what is important is that you are comfortable and happy using that camera. I bought Nikon rather than Canon is not because Nikon is better than Canon, they are both equally good and i choose Nikon as Nikon's DSLR design suited my preferences more (e.g. button placement and user manual interface). But again it is up to you, both brands are equally good, at the end of the day it is personal preferences....

This post has been edited by fish@5311: Jun 13 2010, 10:15 PM