I am a beginner, and really interested in getting a nice camera. My thought philosophy is, might as well get a dslr and learn to use it, then spend money on multiple cameras to work up to a dslr. Also, i might as well spend a little extra for good quality rather than spend a little bit on a dslr shoots worst photos than a point and shoot. What are your opinions?

Thanks for your time

buy cheep dslr and learn from scratches like i'm doing

That's my camera, I'm ok with it.

Very good one to start with, just make sure to buy a good lens.

Its a very decent starters cam. I started with worse.

This.

thought about this but went with nikons d3100.. waatched and read tons of reviews and nikons d3100 could even compete with the t2i.. and considering its cheaper than the t1i its not too bad

I see we have another wanna be Ken. I don't like it. The only Ken impostor is me. Damn it all to hell.