Off course -- it is a good camera!
I am using the 10D and hardly use the burst mode (9 frames). If you are a pro you would like to capture that special moment -- e.g. an accident or overtake and you would require this feature. But for us, amateurs
, 4-9 frames should be more than sufficient. I would bet that a lot of people did not even use this feature on their normal 'film' cameras.
Maybe more of interest is the speed of focus - which has more or less a close relation with the type of glass you are using (better said; one can afford himself...).
gi_gav; do you have other specific reasons not to choose the 300D? (I have, but I am interested what yours are)
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