im planning on buying a dslr next month, i need help finding something good.
if you can help, post the price,pro's, and con's, and why its a good coice.
im looking for something no more than 1,2000... USD . and a large lens selection.
i am sort of liking the canon eos series...

Might be a good idea to take a look and/or post in here.

What kind of photographer you are?

the best thing you can do is read reviews (for example www.dpreview.com or better - video reviews at http://www.cameralabs.com/ )
if you are newbie in this area, lens reviews would be useless for you imho, but you could write what kind of lens would you like to have for the beginning.

asking for camera tip at forum - you'll meet many different opinions.
1200USD seems to be ~810€ so I'll go for canon 450D with two kit lenses or 500D (in US they have some silly namings XT STI or something) and some nice lens - it is small, light and excellent camera, just check those review sites...

photography of people and motorsports. ill read some reviews when i get home

Yes, 450D is a very good camera, I have it currently and I'm very happy with it. Using 18-55 kit lens and ef 70-300 IS USM, soon to be getting a batterygrip.

I'd recommend the Pentax K-x.

So predictable. :P

Nooo don't fall into pentax..

ehehehe

i would say 450D(which i have and like although the iso performance annoys me a little) or the 500D or even maybe a 50D is within your price range, they are the canon offerings and although im a connon fan there arnt really any of the major manafacturers that make a bad camera. one thing i would say would be to go to a store were you can try them, mainly to see if they are comfortable in the hand and if you like how they operate(user interface etc) because they are more important than you think, even if you ont end up buying it from them. as for lenses, you get what you pay for really, some makes are better value than others but generally the more you spend the better the lens you get and its not worth spending the whole budget on the camera and get a cheap lens cos the more decent camera is pointless without the right lens and wil only show up any weaknesses the lens have more than a cheap camera

I'd suggest 40D over 50D, has lower lever of noisiness and shoots faster. They don't sell 40D's anymore though.. Well not in finland. Only used ones.

a few places over here are selling off their stock atm i think, not sure bout in the us

For $1200 US, you could find a Nikon D90 with kit lens. That would smoke the Canon 450D.

450D with kit lens should be about half of that $1200 price budget. Better would be to get the lesser body and spend the money on a better lens than kits. But then you have the poor ISO performance of the beginner consumer bodies.

i prefer a better finer iso so ill head around to "places" and look around

yh if your planning on using a high iso get a more expensive body, it is the only thing that gets on my nearves with my 450D tbh as i seem to do alot more shoting in a situation that needs high iso than i expected too, putting that one down to experiance

I had an EOS 40D about 18 months ago, i found it laying on the pavement outside my house one evening.

I handed into the police and forgot all about it, only to get a phone call some weeks after telling me that it hadnt been claimed and was mine if i wanted it.

I stuck it on ebay and got 400 odd quid for it!

Quote from danthebangerboy :

I had an EOS 40D about 18 months ago, i found it laying on the pavement outside my house one evening.

I handed into the police and forgot all about it, only to get a phone call some weeks after telling me that it hadnt been claimed and was mine if i wanted it.

I stuck it on ebay and got 400 odd quid for it!

I remember you posting that. Either that, or someone else also found a dSLR.

yeah that was me, in the post your camera thread i think.

You'vr got a good memory for names mate, i must have posted all sorts since then lol