Check the nikon D40, D80 and canon's rebel series the XT and XTi. I've used these 2, (i'm a canon man myself) and i'm leanin toward the D40. The D80 is nice, but for the diff in price, i'mma get the D40 and invest in lenses and flashes. That auto-shoot, is called a timer, and flckr is the myspace of the photo world. There's a photog site out there, kinda like a grown up version of flickr, and the pix are listed with the photo info, i'm talkin f-stop/aperture settings, lighting info, pretty much all the info that the camera records when the shot is taken. I'll have to dig the link up for you, when you see it, u'll see what i mean. It'd be like if evertime someone posted a beat, it came listed with equipment used, compressor settings, eq settings, all that stuff, thats what it's like. B back later with the link. But the canon and nikon DSLRs are the shizznit. Hope that helps.
LevLove