Ideal like: 1. The first SLR. 2. Family camera. Ease of use + Guide mode allows a person who is not familiar with DSLRs to shoot with high quality literally from the first frames, the device itself will tell you what to do and how to do it. Probably the best SLR camera in the lower segment of amateur SLRs today, head and shoulders above the Canon 1000D, can easily compete with the Canon 500D.