Jeroen Wenting
(K=25317) - Comment Date 7/30/2007
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All depends on your budget and requirements.
If you want "professional" gear, meaning the kind of stuff professionals use as their primary cameras, you're looking at an initial investment of many thousands of Euros.
If you want something affordable but better than what you have today, look at the midrange compact cameras offered by Canon, Nikon, or Leica.
I'd personally skip their lowend DSLR models (not that Leica has those) as they're more expensive than highend compacts and offer little to no advantage over them given the way they're typically used (with a single hyperzoom lens and on full auto).
But give us your budget first, as well as an idea of what you want to do with the camera.
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Tycho Posthumus
(K=-172) - Comment Date 7/30/2007
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Thank you!.
Well right now I'm saving money and I literally start at 0,-  .
I've got my eye on the Canon Eos Series, but I don't know which one yet!.
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Jeroen Wenting
(K=25317) - Comment Date 7/31/2007
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hmm, also look hard at Nikon. I find them to have superior ergonomics (as well as superior mechanical quality).
If you're serious you want something higher than the entry models.
Think of a Canon 30d or Nikon D80.
Those are in a cost range that's not utterly daunting yet offer a lot more than the entry level models which are really point and shoot cameras with interchangeable lenses.
Also give good thought about lenses. Most kitlenses are bad, decent at best (though the kitlens for the Nikon is supposedly quite good, certainly for the price). And never get a kit that has lenses from 3rd party brands, those are usually extremely bad (included for how they look in the sales brochure rather than their quality or usefulness).
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S Fugate
(K=35) - Comment Date 10/26/2008
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I would start with something like the canon G10. This camera has a lot of features to learn with. It is not as expensive as an slr but will give you great pictures. Being young you may learn you do not really want to pursue photography, but you will still have a nice camera to take everyday shots with. If you find you do love taking pics you can always move up to a nicer camera. Still you will have a good compact camera which most photographers have. I own a slr and a compact because there are positives for both. November 2008 Pop photo (Page 20 - High 5)
Has 5 cameras to choose from. 
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Jeroen Wenting
(K=25317) - Comment Date 10/26/2008
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Check the dates... This thread is well over a year old and the kid has never been back. He's probably forgotten he ever asked a question at all.
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