Canon has recently released the 550D known in the USA as Rebel T2i and in Japan as the EOS Kiss x4. It has a lot of improvements over the previous 500D model, the first one is that it's the first affordable DSLR camera that records video in fullH. Next year I/m going to Mexico so I have to start practicing. The camera costed 820€. Check the prices on Amazon: US / ES / JP