My first digital was a pretty cruddy Fuji DX-5 in 1997ish, it cost about £230 and is appalling by today's standards.

In '99ish I desperately wanted a "real" digital SLR but the only one was the amazingly expensive Nikon D1, so I settled for the Nikon CP990 and I have been very pleased with it.

I was looking at getting that new Sony DSC-F828 (I know somebody who works at Sony and might be able to get me one at staff discount) but this has thrown me!

Just found some more info here:

http://www.canoneos.com/digitalrebel/

Gareth