Hi Phil
I have just brought a second hand canon G6 off eBay a perfect little camera in my opinion it’s the next best thing to DSLR if you are new to photography this is the one I would recommend, if you decide to go for a DSLR I must tell that you will never be happy with what you have got in the way of lens I have a Nikon d50 with 4 lens and I want more, the lens are worth £2000 my camera only £300 once you go down that road it's never ending so my advice
1 buy the one you can afford and learn to use it properly
2 buy good editing software you can try Coral pain shop for free at the moment I’ll send you the link
3 read as many books as you can on photography
4 ENJOY
Cheers Brian.
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