Quote Originally Posted by A.A View Post
you miss the point.
Maybe? ...but then only because you didn't make one (or presented it poorly enough that I couldn't understand what you were trying to say).

Get a cheep $100 digi-cam to see if it is your bag, sure... it will teach you the interface with your computer which is very valuable.
I'm afraid that he won't learn much of anything from a modern el-cheapo digicam except how to change ISO. All the other settings are given cute/mnemonic names so that the average consumer can remember them like 'beauty mode' or 'sports mode', etc