What to buy?

[f3nikon]

Don't be silly, McLaren don't make DSLR's!!! They make motor vehicles.

I think the Nikon D300 is what you are trying to point out, but, it is well beyond his budget.

Z...

Okee Dok Kee there professor!

 

[diversteve]

There is a MB/McLaren SLR - but I don't think it's what the previous poster had in mind:

Fully equipped for around 1000X the OP's budget...

 

[Empty V]

If you can spend a couple hundy more I've got a setup I'm about to put up for sale. Here's the details. You could opt for just the Fantasea strobe and not the YS-90 which will probably do a solid job for you, worked really well for me. It's a 9.0MP camera that has full manual mode and shoots RAW. I'm selling it because I just dropped $3K in a video setup. The setup for sale only has about 15 dives on it and is in like new condition. The YS-90 strobe I bought used and has some more signs of wear but worked perfectly the one time I took it out. The wide angle adapter is pretty keen for topside photography.

Here's the details:

Billy

 

[Gilligan]

If you want RAW, go an A640 and use the CHKD software hack thing. less then half the price of a G9, and the pics are comparable I think.
Z..

Excellent point and suggestion.