Steve,

I used to be a Nikon fan, but fell out of love when things went digital. I had the original Canon EOS Rebel 300D for many years before finally getting the 7D early in 2010. With so many life changes in 2010, we thought we should have a great camera to capture them all. The 7D captures great HD Video as well so it's a combo Video / Still Camera.

I'm dying to do some traveling now to capture some great pictures. You'll love the T2i. You might want to check out Adobe LightRoom to catalog and process your photos. It's a great little piece of software.