Hello all,

I am thinking of buying my first D-SLR and have been reading review after review. I have narrowed it down to the following:

Nikon D40x
Canon Rebel XTi

They both come with a kit lense

Do you have any recommendations as to why i should lean toward one or the other?

Or maybe a different suggestions completely. Based on personal experience?

I don't want to pay more than 1000$ CDN.

I'm going to go to college in photography and only have a Canon SD450 which isn't getting me very far...

Thanks a lot.

M.Rob