[DianaB]

I would buy the best that you could for the money you want to spend. In the future you may want it to do more than you think that you want to do now. We bought our daughter a camera for Christmas and after talking to the salesman, Canon is what brand that I would buy. As for the memory card, you can buy what ever size you want it to be. On the package it will tell you about how many pictures that it will hold. Of course, the price is higher for a memory card that holds more pictures. If you need help deciding go to a electronics store and ask a lot of questions.