If $800 is your budget, I'd go with the D50. You can get it easily for about $640 with the stock 18-55mm lens (which is actually pretty good for a stock lens)
You'll have the extra money to buy all the accessories that you will need (filter, bag, SD card, tripod, etc.)
I was thinking bout goin the 350D route as well but I started tallying up the costs for everything else and was easily close to $1000, not to mention, the stock lens on the 350D is crap compared to the one on the D50
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