I recently bought a HP215 at Best Buy for $129. It's a 1.3 MegaPixel digital camera with auto flash, 2x zoom, and timer. It takes quality pictures. The higer the MegaPixels the better.

I also bought a flash card reader for $29 that makes it easier to load pictures from the flash card to the computer.

I would consider it an entry level camera but it works very well. If you're just getting started an excellent choice that doesn't cost tomuch.