I just got a rebel xt ( old one was rebel eos 2000) and i love it
if you buy through an authorized canon dealer before 7/15 there is a $100 rebate...i bought via
www.buydig.com and it was a good price then, 674 out the door plus i get $100 back from rebate...i got the black body only..if your film camera was an eos rebel..the lens will fit although you might need to get upgrades ( my little sigma kit lens did and works great now...it cost $10 for upgrade, 4 for shipping, if your lens are sigma, the sigma site had details) and you would also save on filters etc...my old tripod and cable remote worked too. ( although i want one of those gorillapods...very cool imo)
if you go to
www.pricegrabber.com
it lists the sites and prices or to for the body only
http://shop.resellerratings.com/PD-23761547/SB-6
i also have used Beach with good results
do you know anything about this seller? that would determine it for me
the lens they are offering with the kit are sold elsewhere for $80 and $120 ish(forget the exact amount)
so that would bring it up to 870 from beach or someplace. i think you could get the card for around 40 on ecost or newegg( i got a 2 gb for about that after a rebate...if there are still rebates, haven't
looked for a while) the other stuff is kind of not really valuable imo cause you don't know if it's cheapo stuff that you would even use, that's where knowing the seller would come in handy. if he's not reputable would he change the card or something to something cheaper??. the card reader i got on ecost was still there last i looked and was free after a rebate.
only thing is you might rather have one lens rather than the 2, i had about that length with my old film lens( not taking the crop into account) and found it a pain to have to change so much..the 28-80 isn't bad, but i think if i didn't' already have lenses i could use I'd go with an 18-125( around $250 now) for something a little more all purpose.
