If you are looking to step up to an SLR from a point and shoot digital, the Olympus Digital Camera E-410 kit is a great model to look at.  It has 10 MP sensor with live view mode.  Comes with the 14-42 kit lens.  It has lots of preset exposure modes that are very easy to access, so coming from a point and shoot is very simple.  It is also one of the smallest SLR’s on the market today.  It has two memory card slots; one for compact flash cards and one for XD memory cards.  You can put two cards in the camera and shoot all day long.  The best feature is the price.  All of this for under $300.  Get the second zoom (40-150) and make it a two lens kit for another $100.  Really unbelievable!  Available at Roberts Imaging today.  Hurry.  Supplies are limited!