Hello everyone, my wife wants a new camera for christmas. We have the choices narrowed down to either a Canon Rebel XT or a Nikon D40x. Unless someone has a better suggestion.

Her current camera is a Sony 5 megapixel wsc-5 from the cybershot family. My wife would really like to get into some amateur photography stuff - maybe even doing family pictures or pictures of weddings on the side.

The local college will be giving a photography class next spring, so she wants me to take the class with her.

Price range is < $700.

Any suggestions or other input?