I looked into getting a Cannon 550d recently. After handlaing a couple i felt i did not need a camera with that many features and it would be wasted as im no professional. I ended up going for a fujifilm hs20 exr. Read a few reviews and went and had a look at one and i really like it. Not to eveyones tastes but it does the job i want and i can adjust majority of setting and even have dedicated buttons and wheels for exposure, apperture and iso etc.