Good pictures - exceeds my expectations of a digital SLR camera

My 300D has been working perfectly for me (not an advanced amateur user). Built-in flash is not too strong but it never is on any camera so I always use an external flash unit and results are perfectly acceptable. Aftermarket lenses with updated firmware for 300D work fine and don't have many complaints with the Sigma (70-300 APO) except that its focussing is a little slow for my requirement - I sometimes have to depend on manual focus. Need to get the 50mm Canon lens for a fast basic fixed lens. Its SLR feel is perfect to replace my old SLR in a reasonable sized camera. My main complaints (relatively slow start up time as compared to Nikon-D70 and image transfer speed) have been adddressed in the new Canon 350D. My wife and I have taken some pretty decent pictures of our son to the extent that we do not need to go to a professional photographer.