Denis - The best advice I can give you, a raw beginner, is go out and find a camera shop that has a wide variety of cameras you can handle. It might pay to set a budget first so you don't fall for one that isn't within the restrictions of said budget.
After that, come back and ask for +'s and -'s of said camera.
We all have our biases here so take that with a grain of salt.
My bias switched from Nikon to Sony with the advent of me inheriting a Leica M3 and wanting to use the lenses on a digital body since I don't shoot film due to budget constraints.
Nikon Cafe is a good Nikon site. Talkemount is a good Sony site owned by the same fella that owns Nikon Cafe. I hang out there a lot when I'm not here.
Good luck on your journey and keep the questions coming.
