You utter utter swines!

[MicrosoftBob]

Also it depends on what you're photographing

I was quite happy with my fuji slrs except for landscapes where more megapixels should be more noticeable as there is the potential for a lot more detail to be resolved

For portraits I've used a 6 megapixel dslr for years, because quite frankly you don't want high definition shooting at weddings where it could possibly show up inperfections in womens skin and look unflattering. So resolution isn't always a good thing...

For landscapes my old dlsrs could not resolve all that my lenses were capable of, even with a budget modern dslr I can capture more detail, with the tradeoff, I never like Nikon colour balance in camera and have to mess about with white balance whereas with the fuji it looked film like out of the box

[Ticktock]

Youtube has some good tips for Canons

Get yourself a remote control, timer, some neutral density filters and a tripod.

Got a wired remote (wireless can only be used from in front), it's got a built in timer, got a tripod, got a few lenses (but shocked at how expensive you can go!), not got filters yet - I got confused by all the different types available. I think I want a polarised filter, if it works like my sunglasses when looking at water, e.g. the sea, cutting out reflection and allowing you to see through the water.

[doodab]

Also it depends on what you're photographing

I was quite happy with my fuji slrs except for landscapes where more megapixels should be more noticeable as there is the potential for a lot more detail to be resolved

Well this is true. It also depends how you're viewing them. The thing with detail is that the human perception of it depends on the area under the MTF curve (i.e. contrast at all spatial frequencies) rather than the maximum spatial resolution that's being resolved, and of course to double spatial resolution you need 4x the pixels, and you need to carry that forwards through the whole chain, so if you're ultimately putting an image on a screen or printing smallish picture then having better contrast at lower spatial frequencies is more important than having more pixels.

[SimonMac]

Youtube has some good tips for Canons

Get yourself a remote control, timer, some neutral density filters and a tripod.

Best bit of kit I have is my IR remote control, used it on every Nikon I have owned