Hello everyone! Coming to you from the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland. Back in the 1970's my husband gave me a Canon AE1. Over time I took classes, added additional lenses and filters and had a dark room built in the basement, and was actually able to sell some of my stuff. That camera had a history! It was lost and returned, stolen and returned by the person who saw it being stolen and then finally stolen for good. I had that camera for 20 years. I bought a small digital Canon, it was stolen from my office by an employee. I haven't taken any pictures for 15 years now; which brings me to my question. I want to start again, but I don't know anything about these new cameras. I researched the camera that Kate Middleton uses and it costs $5,000; my limit is $400.00. I've read through the forum questions, but everything I read indicated that a camera had already been purchased and they had questions about it. So...what is a good restarting point for me? I don't expect to sell anything again, I just need to boot my life back up after losing my husband very unexpectedly. One thing I did learn from these forums is to get a factory refurbished camera, which I intend to do. So thanks for that tip!