There should be several ways to buy on the B&H site. They sell the digital slr type with and without lens. The big advantage of the newer digital slr type is the ability to change lens. Most packages come with a 18 to 55 mm lens that sells for around 700 after the current 100 rebate. There is a good camera review site. camerareview.com that can be good. another one is dpreview.com. The point and shoot recommended sounds like a good choice if you do not want the complexity of the slr type and the weight. I would recommend lots of memory cards. I must have had 4 512 cards and2 1gb cards for the so america cruise. One nice thing about the new digital is the ability to take reasonable video. that does take a lot of card memory. At least two batteries is a must. One needs to shop for the memory cards as the price deals abound and the capacity keeps increasing.