[NCC-2893 (John)]

well, the 600D would be a hundy dearer than the 550D. Whether or not ot has lens or not. Say I can get the body only, would it be better doing that, then spend the money to get a decent zoom,like jjjnettie suggests. Because it never really occured to me that I could just get the body,then sort the lens out. I'm very interested in this. If I'm wanting to eventually target deep sky stuff,multiple exposures, stacking etc. What would the one lens be that you guys would want. Is zoom important? Or is deep sky generally wide field.This is really interesting stuff. Cheers. (edit) jon your suggestion about the 600D had me looking on line and I see one in Auckland cameras that has the 600D body for 900. Thats way cheaper than anywhere else. Retail for the 1100D with lens kit is 1150 odd dollars over here so it's not out of the way. Just gets me back to the lens question again .