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i LOVE mine. It's the first SLR i purchased, apart from a Nikon D80 i borrowed from school for a year or so. I have an 18-250mm lens, which i could not be more happy with.
The thing i love most about it would have to be either the ease of use (pretty much everything controlled by pressing a dedicated button, or using the dial), or the versatility and toughness of the camera. I took this camera through rain, snow and dust, trekking on a mountain in a Nepalese winter. I did it on two sets of batteries, (AA batteries, available from any shop, which in an area without electricity, was a real blessing), taking a few thousand photos, at all times of day, half the time in cloud or while on a moving bus. This camera has been dropped twice, and despite me nearly having a heart attack both times (and at one point retreating into my tent sobbing thinking it was broken, having not actually looked), it lived. It had no issues taking clear shots out a moving, shaking bus, i didn't miss any of the shots i wanted. When i'm at home, i'm surrounded by dust all the time, and it keeps nearly all the dust outside the camera - the body will be orange by the end of the day, yet there is nothing on the sensor. What's more, it was affordable, and the lens was so versatile.
I also love the fact that it works with all the old lenses - a friend's dad just randomly gave me a REALLY old lens the other day. i know nothing about it, i'm still figuring out what itcan do. But it works!