What SLR to get my wife....

[coldfish]

My wife used to do a lot of photography, developed all her own work, worked in a photo-lab, all sorts of things. Then, she went to college, got a job, etc etc... etc... all the photographic equipment slowly went into the garage. Then I got a point-and-shoot digital and that pretty much took the SLR out of the picture all together.

however.... she just quit her job and is going to be a stay-at-home-mom.

She's all stressed about money, and would never buy a new camera, but I've got about $800 stashed away for a Christmas present. If she knew about it, it would be spent on "practical things", rather than a nice new camera.

She has a Canon T90 and a couple lenses, but she hasn't used it for ages and ages.

Now, where do I go from here. There are a lot of Cameras out there. I'm guessing a Canon would be a good call because the old lenses might fit the new camera... maybe?

Can you folks give me some guidance?

[Greg McCary]

If the lenses would fit at all she would lose AF and have to shoot in manual. There are some great deals out there right now and a XTi would be a great choice, but make sure you get a lens for the camera. To get the full benefits from the camera you would need a lens that was designed to go on it.