In the hunt as well, after losing my 20D (don't ask!). Looking hard at the 40D, the 5D being very tempting, but too pricey at the moment (had to replace my laptop and a L lens as well ).
I'm sticking with Canon.
rb
"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." Thomas Paine
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