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I think Diz and Dean have shown you what you should buy.
You can spend $20K on a camera body, but put a $200 lens on the front and you have a $200 camera picture.
If you have space to work in go for a fixed pro lens, cost around $1,000 or maybe less. You can buy an "Amateur" fixed lens for less. If you want the flexibility of zoom and digital, plus do not know what you are doing with lighting, go for a professional zoom lens, Nikon make a good 28-80 which I think in the US is around $1,500. But I could be wrong.
The results will be amazing and you will seperate your pictures from every other guy trying to do it with a $600 camera/lens.
The problem with digital is colour and contrast. With a cheap zoom lens as you zoom in and out the aperture changes and at wide angle you are letting more light into the camera than is actually hitting the model. This is called "Flare" and results in a picture looking out of focus and "Flat"
To measure the problem buy a light metre that records direct and reflected light.
Buying a professional lens will help elliminate this.
Nikkon lenses and Canon are about the same in quality, but I think Nikon auto focus is better.
We own a Nikon D1X, EOS1, 3, 5 and some 600s. Plus 2 Canon A1s the best camera of it's day.
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