Cameras

New DSLR cameras for 2009-2010 which is best for beginners like me?

So Nikon and Canon have announced new cameras and very excited and fascinated by photography. I have picked out new ones have yet released as of today, and hoping you pro photographers can help me choose and why I should get. For about $600 it’s between the new Nikon D3000, replacing the D60/40/40x or the Canon T1 (not T1i), a rumor I hear it was going to be released in September 1, 2009. Also I was only considering the new Point & Shoot Canon SX20 IS at $400. But those are my main choices and maybe the Canon XS but I wanna stick with the new. Any other suggestions would be great.

If you know photography or are willing to invest on learning the basics of photography, you must get a dSLR. If not, you are better off with a point and shoot camera (PNS). Having a dSLR camera does not insure getting great pictures all the time. If you don’t know what you are doing, you will get crappy pictures if not crappier compared to when you use a PNS.

I am not sure about the T1’s specs but if it is indeed more than 10MP then it is probably more advisable to get than the D3000 if similarly priced.