Cheers dude!
In my opinion you don't need to spend the earth on a cam, a cheap-ish dedicated digicam can make some nice photos.
for me, it's the setting up of the staging and lighting that makes the biggest difference but is also the hardest.
over the last few years all of my photos were with a £60 cam, then it's about taking A LOT of photos and searching out the best.
maybe that's the hacks way of doing it but