Really worth having!

You've all used a point and shot camera and liked it, why not going a step further and get a SLR? The Canon 300 have everything You Could Need. It's fully automatic but can thus be manual if you want to do a bit more.
The metering systems are all good and reliable. The camera is very light and easy to use. It's so packed with a depth of field preview, auto bracketing, Multi-Exposure ... Well Everything You Could Need to get the picture you want. The Bous Is that it's cheap and will allow you to buy a good lense. Do not forget That the lense is more important than the body ...
I've used this camera in different conditions going from the sunny Italyo the rainny Germany and nerver had any problem. Really worth having!