Once I'd decided to go with a crop-sensor dSLR, I went all the way. I'd held off on a full-frame given the (then) high price. We'd gone in with a nephew on a Canon EOS 400 Rebel for his daughter and I thought it was just fine. (Alyssa's boy friend Will promptly started shooting with it and is now a professional in Brooklyn - and still with great-niece.) So I got the 450 when it came out and most all of the EF-S lenses: the 10-22 for wide; the 17-85 (now replaced by the 15-85) for a walk-around lens; the 17-55 2.8 for quality and low-light shots; and the 55-250 for rare telephoto. I got these all back when I had a full salary before retiring! Since then I've only upgraded the body to a 7D. This is with the 17-55 and processed as a single-image HDR.