Yeah, say what, 2000 max? There really is no reason to post full res straight from camera shots here. I generally post 1000-1400 wide, there really isn't a need for more than that, learn to resize and sharpen guys!
Most people here are using $200-1000 cameras, with $100-500 lenses. Paul and Ben have thousands in gear =P You can get started with a dSLR+lens in the $350-500 range. Take a look here: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79655
The 550D is selling for $600 used currently, the 60D in the $800-1000 range, I have a pretty hard budget of about $500, so its unlikely the 60D will be an option. Here are some current eBay prices for anyone else who is interested(Used, body only): 40D $400-600 500D $400-600 550D $600 50D $750-900 60D $800-1000 5D Mark I…
What are you ISO levels at? Higher ISO levels will definitely increase the amount of noise in your images. The D90 is especially notorious for this. Anything between 100-400 should be noise-free. Above 600-1000 and above and you might start having serious issues. Are you shooting in Manual, or some kind of Auto (P, S, A)…
Earthquake, have you looked at the 60D at all? It's approximately $250 dollars more than the 550D, but has almost the same features the same features as the 7D, which is almost $1000 dollars more than the 550D - i'm converting SA prices to dollars, so maybe price difference where you are. (^ I'm talking new prices, and by…
A D40x would probably be fine. One thing to keep in mind about resolution, is more is not always better. A good expamle is the Canon 20D(someone asked about this earlier) with the 40D and 50D, they pack more, smaller pixels into the sensor to get more megapixels, when they do this, its going to give you more noise and thus…