looking for a mid range digital camera. seeking advice from you guys outthere.

I m presently looking for a mid range digi camera to do some photo shoot on my lh fish.
Any advice or recommendation from you guys out there.
thanks a lot.

Honestly, I was hoping any other here in the site can share some information.
For my personal opinion, within the budget limit go for:
1) higher optical zooming (such as 3X)
2) larger optical aperture (such as F2.8 or even F2.0)
3) closer shot (such as 10cm or less)
4) minimum 2 mega pixels
And, brand is a matter, well known brands such as Canon, Nikon, Pantex, Olympus, Sony can provide decent lens and CCD. Beware that some very cheap digital camera come with lower grade CCD and lens. You'll get dead spots on the CCD or image distortion.
Hope this opinion is useful.
Regards

I'm using Kodak DC265 to take pics. FOr result, can see my gallery. Cannot comment on this cam as I have not used others yet. But I'm hoping to get a digital SLR these days.

Originally posted by CANNIBAL
I m presently looking for a mid range digi camera to do some photo shoot on my lh fish.
Any advice or recommendation from you guys out there.
thanks a lot.

So how's the status now? Did you get one yet?