very satisfied ... 353

Although my uncle when I was a little boy in the late seventies still, the operation of SLR already carefully explained and me this kind of cameras always fascinated, I was only in 2014 so far, to care for its own camera and ultimately to decide.
An extremely important finding in the decision-making process is that it does not depend so much on the camera body, as the lenses. Conversely, however, it sets a certain lower limit of lenses with the camera body. So who clenches his teeth, and for a full-frame body spends money (from Canon 6D), may perish in the price of the necessary lenses.
Thus, after a long study of the technical data, the choice fell on the Canon 700D with the Canon 18-135mm USM lens.
When unpacking the camera body, I was for a moment a little surprised how small and light it felt this, but the next moment I realized that this case first, high quality, and I was lucky second, not the rest of my life an awful big and having to lug around heavy thing with me. Ultimately the camera when using reasonable lenses is still hard enough.
The kit lens 18-135 / 3.5-5.6 can be fed in the focal length range adjust (Tamron and Sigma make much worse), the USM focus is fast and accurate.
A test with a focal plane test template (templates plus there's the Internet) initially resulted in a poorly controlled focus (front focus), but the local Canon service dealer resolved simply and quickly.
From now on, a new world of photography opened for me and I am more than a year still fully satisfied with my 700.