I'm beginning to desire an entry level / used d-slr camera, and I hope someone can point me to a model to consider.
I'm a novice photographer, at best. no, I'm not even a novice photographer, I'm one of the people that they make point-and-shoot cameras for.
my budget is ~500 $us, so maybe I should just wait, but maybe not?
can anyone recommend a decent camera to cut my teeth on?
I'm guessing I'm better off with a used solid unit, rather than a new cheap one. but again, I really don't know all that much (read : nothing) about them.

I read an older post about a 30d deal, and all that I could gather is that there are people here that have a good deal of experience.