This past weekend I purchased a Digital Rebel, and for the most part I am
very pleased especially on Price.

There are a couple of things that I have a question on however;

1.  When I am downloading to the computer, it seems to be very slow compared
to the other digital cameras that I have, of which 1 is a 5MP with "not that
much" smaller file size.  I have a 1MB professional Lexar 80X CF card in the
rebel.  I am guessing that on average it takes 8 or so seconds per pic to
download, which doesn't sound like much, but if you have 100 pics or more it
is a substantial amount of time.  Has anyone had a similar experience.  On
my Kodak 5MP camera, the 5MP pics scream in at less than a second.

2.  I have other lenses from previous Canon Film Cameras that I was hoping
to use.  One in particular is a Tamron 28-200.  It mounts fine, and seems to
function correctly (auto focus etc.), however when I take pics that look in
focus in the viewfinder (w/ or w/o using autofocus) they are all ever so
slightly out of focus?  Very frustrating, any thoughts?

Thanks~