With these amazing new cameras coming like the “Nikon D80”:http://www.dcviews.com/_nikon/d80.htm and Canon “Digital Rebel XTi”:http://dcviews.com/_canon/400d.htm and even the dark horse Sony A100, there really isn’t an excuse not to go digital. These things are 10 megapixels, they have huge 2.5″ screens on the back and they have amazing quality. See “DCViews”:http://DCViews.com/cameras.htm which is an amazing site that shows you all of the reviews in one place.
Right now, it is a dead heat between Canon and Nikon, with Canon having a very cool dust removal system and better low light, high ISO performance, but Nikon having an amazing kit lense that is a 10x zoom.