It depends on your price range of course. If you're pretty serious about it, go for a Canon EOS Rebel XSI SLR. It'll set you back around $600, but you can change its lenses, and it still gives you a live view on the lcd, letting you compose the shot on screen. http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=16303

For half the money, you can lose some versatility & gain some idiotproofness with the Kodak EASYSHARE Z812 IS which still takes some excellent pictures. http://www.amazon.com/Kodak-Easyshare-Digital-Optical-Stabilized/dp/B000VJWJW2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1245274060&sr=8-1

And fro half of THAT money you can get something that you can keep in your pocket with the PowerShot A470 from Canon. http://about.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php/page_id=48/form_keyword=powershot%20a470/rd=1/mode=about_cameras/st=query

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