Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT with Customized Lens Kit 8.0 Megapixel

I can't say enough about this camera. I will let the others give you all the technical information. The bottom line, I take almost 500 photos a month of the kids, and I charge it once or twice a month. This is my 5th digital camera and I always had two issues. The delay and the battery life. This camera addresses both. There is very very very slight delay in the actual taking of the photo. I can't tell the difference between my film SLR and this camera. It is outstanding. The other area of battery life makes things sooooo much easier. My only suggestion is get a card reader, and get a BIG card. I have a 1 gig that I have filled once since I keep the camera on the highest quality setting in case I want to enlarge anything.
Other points, red eye is minimal, focusing is fast, all my other SLR lenses work great. I rarely need to use the external flash I bought.