Jason,if you can get a 50D-they are very good,been very happy with mine.
DWI still have them last time I looked,I got mine in May when they were about
$1000-fairly good value,a lot of camera for the dollars.
I see DWI have the Canon 7D for around $1400.I don't think there would be
to much different in the image quality-My son is just keen on the HD video it
offers,and it seems a good price at present,and one can never have too many
pieces of camera gear