Dual lens = dual useless crap...not to mention EF-S means you can't use it on full frame if you decide to upgrade later.

After playing with a D90, the weight of this thing even with the 75-300mm lens feels like a toy. Granted there's a large price gap there.

This kit is probably tempting for some people wanting a starter kit. But the first thing you'll do is dump these lenses.

if you're going to dump the lenses at this price might as well not buy it. at least look for a combo with IS lenses.

Agreed with everyone here, just get the body only and buy a nice lens.

The 18-55mm lens has IS (Image Stabilization). 75-300mm does not. I think having IS is important, specially when you are shooting something at 300mm, a little shake could blur your image. If you are on a tight budget, I would suggest to get this camera with 18-55mm IS lens only from somewhere else ( e amazon.com ), play with it for few days, later on buy the 75-300mm with IS if you want. 18-55mm lens is not that bad. Not everyone is a professional photographer. I can assure, you will take thousand times better pictures with this kit lens than those little compact point and shoot cameras.

I bought one, looking forward to getting it

#1, given the cost of these inexpensive lenses, you're not really "losing out" if you can't use them if you go full-frame later. Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Sony, etc... all have reduced, APS-C sized lenses, and they sell well. APS-C is here to stay for many users.

Hell, Pentax's continuing attitude seems to be APS-C while they keep flirting with the idea of Medium Format (60x45mm -- g, their 645D prototype). There is renewed interest in Medium Format, approaching 40MP at its much larger area, than just going 35mm (36x24mm) full-frame.

#2, I totally agree. I like the Nikon D90 (and prior D80, which is a killer price at sub-$600 new now), as well as the Pentax cameras (which all have stainless-steel chassis, required for their in-body SR). But you can't really compare the D90 to the XS[i], and it's more fair to compare the D40/D60 to the XS[i].

#6, I have to agree. Although I find IS/SR is important at wide-angle as well, when shooting 1/8-1/30th indoors. I almost bought a Nikon D300 + wide and tele IS, but the wides with IS were slow. Furthermore, and this was the "final sell," several people recommended the Tokina 16-50 f/2.8 AT-X Pro for the Nikon in a "fast" wide lens. That's is the exact same optics as the Pentax DA* 16-50 f/2.8 -- only on the Pentax SR body, with weather sealing, coatings, etc... so I just bought a Pentax K20 + DA* 16-50 f/2.8 + DA* 50-135 f/2.8 (along with my other non-DA*, non-weather sealed, slower lenses, like the DA 55-300 f/4-5.6).

I prefer in-body IS so you can have IS with any old compatible lens. Pentax and Olympus do in-body IS and Nikon and Canon do not. Nikon and Canon claim in-lens IS is superior but independent tests have found the differences to be negligible. After about a year of reading and watching prices I ended up getting the two lens kit Olympus e-510 and am happy with it. These are all good systems, but you should choose the one that matches your needs and/or budget the best.

Nikon rocks, My D50 still kicks butt and I love my D80 as my main body. Sub 600 for a D80 is great, but I love the high ISO of a D90 go nikon