>>1253183>It's got an updated lens from the 550D amirite? Or at least that's the impression I was under. In the same way the 500D was initially sold with the 18-55 non-IS, the 550D with the IS version, and the 600D has an updated version of that. Right?Actually, the 400D (Rebel XTi) was the last one to ship with the unstabilized 18-55 II. Both the 450D (XSi) and 500D (T1i) and even the lower range 1000D (XS) have the IS version.
The T3i does ship with an updated 18-55 IS II, but as I understand it it's just cosmetic changes. Like when they went from the 18-55 to the 18-55 II. No upgrade in the optics. They also announced the 18-55 III along with the new T3/T3i, which is the 18-55 IS's optics without the IS.
tl;dr: The new kit lens is not a reason to get the new bodies.