550D seems to be light for ur GF. so that should be good!    I'm not sure about 50mm prime for her. it is actually 80mm on a cropped body. Need to use the legs to move alot of find better angle. Group shots is very difficult if you are in a tight spot.
35mm F2 is more likely what you see what you get. Not matter what; prime is always better than zoom lens. 
I did tried out D90 before and bought 550D because it is lighter than D90 and has HD video recording. 

hello fcuk90,

should you think you and your gf should use the same brand of dslr which both of you can share the lens and accessory? well i was into this dilemma between D90 and 550D. I was going for D90 but end up buying 550D from the shop. D90 is 2 years old which 550D is 1 year old. D90 more setting feature while 550D got better HD video. Canon 1+2 years warranty on both lens and both is very tempting so i was ending up buying 18-135 kits. After using 50mm f1.8 borrowed from fren, i feel like want to buy 35mm instead of 50mm if budget allow. Otherwise will just stick with 50mm limitation.

Weight is a problem to be consider on D90 for the ladies. Canon/Nikon 35mm F2 lense is pricing RM1195 at Shashinki

skydrake have a shop at timesuare it center.

taken using tammy
focusing point on "18-55" font

Canon EF-S 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 IS by ckdenion, on Flickr

did not get a vry good deal for this...normal price though...end up not getting grey set

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 VC XR Di II LD Aspherical by ckdenion, on Flickr

@kytz
I looked up on IXUS 1000 HS too but the RRP is 1399... On tight budget so can't exceed RM1000.

LX3 is not bad, my friend has but new LX3 is around 1.5k... I will try to find second hand =D

Testing out my new toy. This is for all the bokeh heads out there. Was raining outside, so decided to give my favorite drink a shot.