I finally took the plunge and entered the wonderful world of digital photography. So far I'm thrilled with the 30D but I haven't really had a chance yet to do anything significant with it. The image quality is outstanding and I found it very easy to figure out how to use both the camera and the bundled software. The areas of concern going in, like the dimness that is intrinsic with a viewfinder on a 1.6 Crop camera have not been much of a hindrance at all and the realization that I can shoot to my heart's content without concern over the hassle and cost of film processing, is very liberating.
That change alone will improve my skills as a photographer immeasurably because it means that I can experiment a great deal more.
Absolutely no problems with the 30D or the EF-S 18-55 lense that comes with it, a very promising start.