well if its important get a Gstar or one of those wizzbang mono thingys that Mike and Paul use

, if not then you can get a second hand 300D for around 450, or a brand new pentax K100D for around the 650 mark, or go the whole hog and get either a pentax K10D, canon 400D or that Nikon 40D for around the same price range of 1200 plus.
you could use a barlow?