New to digital world (1 Viewer)

Being a dinosaur, I am still using my A2 with 100-300 and 28-105 USM lenses.
I thought about a bridge camera, but have decided on a DSLR for the usual IQ reasons and also because I have fairly large hands{size 14 rings}. I would like to keep using my lenses, and am leaning towards an eos 50, but am totally open to any suggestions. I like the 1.6 crop factor, and thought about a 18-55mm kit lens to get started. Please feel free to help/comment.

Hi, I'm assuming that the two lenses you list are Canon. If so they should work OK.
(If made by a third party, e.g. Sigma, expect to have problems - it's now long past when Sigma were offering a re-chipping service for some lenses.)

I have the EF-S 18-55mm and the later IS versions are quite well thought of.
I'd strongly recommend that any body you get has AF-MA adjustment so that if necessary you can reduce any AF errors. The Eos 50D is OK, but the Eos 60D doesn't offer this feature. Bear in mind that EF-S lenses will only mount on 1.6x crop bodies.
I've taken many decent bird photos with my Eos 50D - and suitable long lenses!

Thanks, just the info I was looking for, I noticed that the 60D did not have the AF correction. The lenses are Canon with the USM auto focus. With a 1.6 crop factor I really won't have a wide angle. Do you like the 18-55 or would you get a ff length now? I have always favored the zoom coverage even tho a little loss of IQ, and usually slower. Thanks for your reply.

Ray VonAsch
Gloucester. Ma

My first Eos digital was a 10D, and like you I soon missed wide-angle, so I bought an EF 20 F/2.8 (~32mm) as being affordable and sort of wide-angle. Some time later I bought a full frame 5D, where the EF 20 F/2.8 really showed how wide it was! but it needed corrections via raw and DPP to sort out some of the distortion and other problems near the edges.
For ordinary snapping, I was more than happy with my EF-S 18-55mm IS. I do have the EF-S 17-55 F/2.8 but it's a big lens, and gets little use as my real interests are in the longer lenses such as 400, 500. The EF-S 15-85 gets good reviews, and from reports I've read, is better than the 18-55, as well as covering a wider range. My copy of the EF-S 15-85 lives on my 7D, and doesn't disappoint, but it's bigger than the 18-55.