>> I realise the lense is important. My mum has an 8 MP camera, and it 
>> takes crap pictures compared to my lowly 3 MP camera. I'm sure it's 
>> because hime has a 45 mm lense and hers has a 4.5 mm lense.
> 
> Mostly, it is because the sensor in your camera is much larger than the 
> one in hers. Sensor size matters a lot; pixel density not so much. The 
> focal length of the lens is not in any way a reliable indicator of 
> quality; the lens in her camera is smaller because the tiny sensor does 
> not require a larger lens.

And here I was thinking that a larger lense lets more light in...

> Better controls/ergonomics, more accurate & sophisticated auto-focus, 
> better build quality, weather-proofing, and so on and so forth.

 From what I've seen, if you buy an expensive camera, you get all kinds 
of crazy things like external flash, external exposure control (i.e., 
you can have a 2-hour exposure if you want), software remote control, 
more colour balance settings than any sane person could possibly need, 
and so on.


>> possible camera to go with it?
> 

> buy "pro" type cameras.

Which is what I was trying to say. ;-)

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