Camera crisis....?

If your budget is $100, you have to lower your expectations. You cannot get what you want for $100.

Even the older 300D on eBay will eventually sell for much more than $100; a lens alone will cost more than that!

My suggestion: when you're at the camera plaza, bring your A430 with you. Take sample shots with that one to compare with the cameras you handle. The sellers should let you try taking photos with the cameras for sale so you can compare.

I would also suggest getting a camera with image stabilization. The A430 is an older 4mp camera, and I believe the newer canons are much better.

At your price range for new cameras:

Nikon Coolpix L11

Canon PowerShot A560

Getting a used camera can be problematic, especially at the lower end of the price scale. Good luck.

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Oh dear. Don't buy a Canon 300D from eBay for $100. You might not get what you pay for at that price. You might not even get anything after sending your very hard earned money..

I don't consider your age. When I was your age, my father bought me Nikon F2AS. It was so expensive (I remember exactly how much we paid for it--being $808 exactly)--but it lasted for years until unfortunately was stolen. Switched to Nikon FM then.

I am afraid your budget is too low for a DSLR. The cheapest Canon DSLR is $450 (body only) for a brand new one. You can get a decent compact digital camera for what you have, and when you're older (with more money saved, I mean), you can move up to DSLR. By then, it will be even better than what are available now.

Get a Fujfilm Finepix F10. It's normally about $150 but if you shop around you could probably get it with your price range. It doesn't have a viewfinder, but it has a big LCD and takes good pictures. No offense, but if your brother is a professional photographer, why can't he help you out?

you are 11 and you want a DSLR
what's RM?