How to choose a never-ever beginner camera.

[The Publisher]

That feature could have come in handy a year ago for me!

[samtihen]

This post is old, and times have changed a bit.

I suggest you shoot in RAW rather than JPEG these days... you can change white balance easily after the fact (huge for UW), and you will have way more control over less than perfect exposure. Memory cards can handle them, these days.

I'd also make sure the camera has good high ISO performance, this is really helpful when shooting without an external strobe in less than perfect light conditions.