Definitely keep the lenses in mind when deciding on a camera, and if you haven't invested in any lenses already, stay open to any of several brands, Canon, Nikon, and Sony all make excellents cameras in that price range. I shot with a T3i for a couple years and loved it. The T5i is a better camera mostly because its a little newer, and faster. I believe it also has slightly better low light performance although I've never shot with one. I've heard good things about Nikon's D3200 and D5200, and Sony's a58 is suposed to be a great entry level DSLR as well. My advice is go to a camera store and handle as many as you can and talk to the sales people there about they types of photography that you do and what you are looking for in a camera. You'll gain a better understanding of the pros and cons or each model and brand that way.