Second hand all the way. It's silly to spend a vast sum of money on something that will lose half of its value in about a year. So let someone else take the loss and enjoy a nice camera. I bought an EOS 30D for £245 secondhand, it works perfectly and brand new it would've cost me more than twice that.
The camera manufacturers are making you believe that you need the latest most expensive bodies and lenses to get the best quality. Truth be told a 3 or 4 year old camera will give indistinguishable results to the equivalent new one. An EOS 20D is 80% as good as a 50D but significantly cheaper. Meanwhile good glass is forever as bodies come and go, so as Gordon said buy the best lenses you can afford and skimp on the body.
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