Quote Originally Posted by Synthesizer Man
If I could stop buying weed for 2 weeks, I could get a really decent cam for these purposes.
some of the best cameras out there especially for a beginner, are at most $60

35mm slr man

look for a pentax k-1000, or an Olympus OM-2...ebay is good...totally manual, good for understanding light and depth of field, aperature, shutter speed, et cetera