Wuts the best digi camera 4 a beginner??

I suggest staying with the major brands such as Canon, Nikon, Sony, Panasonic, Olympus & Fuji.

You can search for a digital camera by selecting your price range and desired features here:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare.asp

For your budget, I suggest:

Consumer Reports for November 2006 has ranked the Canon Powershot A620 as the best compact digital camera. It is becoming almost a legend for longevity at the top of various consumer lists. It looks like this model has been replaced by the A630, which I would expect to be just as popular. The A640 appears quite similar and shares the "600" series numbering, so I guess it's just another upgraded version of the now-classic A620. It looks pretty much the same except for baing a 10 MP camera. The continuous drive is a little slower, but the files are larger, so that's no surprise. I own a few Nikon DSLR's and I'd buy the Canon A630 or A640 for myself. It would be EASY to use on "AUTO" mode, but it allows full control once you know how to use it.

With this camera, you will find the memory card is a cute little token of thanks from Canon, but not much more. Buy a 1 GB Sandisk Ultra II or Extreme III card. You will NEED the increased capacity and write speed to fully realize the benefits of your camera.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare_...

canon sd600.. very good camera, easy to use, and very high pic quality 6mp, good battery life, very samll, easy to carry costs around 230usd

In order to take professional like photos you kind of have to learn how to use a camera. If you don't know much about it then get a camera that has specialized functions. That mean they will provide sport mode, portrait mode, macro mode, etc. That way you can at least use the correct setting in certain situations. Next, select something that has anti-shake function. This way your picture will be in focus and not fuzzy. Next, select one that has a large LCD screen, so that you can see what you just took. At last, you have to know how to frame picture. For that I suggest you should get a beginner level photography book and learn about composition. It will help you take better pictures.
For your budget, please look at the Sony DSC-H5 to start with. It is on sale in Amazon for $399.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/explorer/B000ENTFDG/2/ref=pd_lpo_ase/104-6352307-4923134?
It is great value and it perfect for beginer. Here is the review.
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/h5.html
Good luck.

Hi,
I shop a lot and to save time and money I use cheapest prices search engine. Almost every merchant is there and over a million consumer written reviews. You will find many other ways that will help you with questions.
You can shop online or you can go to a merchant and use the toll free phone number if you feel more comfortable shopping like that.
There are merchant reviews, product reviews, compare by brand and a lot more. I hope I helped you and I wish you good luck.