Originally Posted by Paul Markham

The first thing to decide on is equipment and which is usually dictated by your budget. Thankfully good digital cameras are getting better and cheaper. My favourite for the budget conscious is Nikon D70, but I hear they now have the Nikon D50. So go do some research. What ever camera you buy make sure the images are not "buffered" before they are written to the external memory. Test the camera out before you buy it, go to the shop and try it out with your compact disc, then take it home and compare the results.