Looking for a Gift

Hello, all. I'm new to this group, and as a PC technician I hate knowing that what I'm about to post has, I'm sure, been asked a thousand times before, but time is of the essence here:
 Anyway, as I said, I'm a PC tech. NOT a photographer! My girlfriend, however, is a budding photographer, and I know she wants a new camera. Birthday is coming up, so I figured that would be a good investment; I know she needs one, and if she gets one, that means more pictures for ME! Everyone wins. I was hoping I could get some advice, based on what I know, as to what I should be looking for. She does primarily black and white photos, or color photos that she changes to black and white, and then uses photo editing software for manipulation to do artsy, kinda gothic, avant-garde-bordering-on-the-abstract stuff. Most of what she works with are either "self portraits" or pictures of someone else. The vast majority, in fact, are of people. Whether they remain looking like people after she's done her thing is a different story. Many of these are taken by candlelight or moonlight, as she has a flair for the gloomy. She's not at all new to photography, and at 36-years-old, I can't see buying her something insulting, but I also don't want to mortgage my house for a camera. Perhaps something in the two-to-three hundred dollar range? The closer to two hundred, the better, and I realize that you get what you pay for. I also know, though, that a lot of what you pay for is the name on the box. I used to sell guitars, and am well aware of how that game works!
Any ideas? Leads? I assume that, being mainly portraits (as it were) that the more pixels the better. But since I don't have a clue in this arena, I thought I'd ask.
Thanks a bunch!
Marq Love
[email protected]

Well from your discription, she sounds like she would get more use out of a DSLR. I know they arent in the price range you want, but they are alot better than P&S's. Since she likes to take low light shots, something with low noise at higher ISO. Check Craig slist for used ones. Been seeing alot of people selling off Nikon D80's and Canon XTi's due to them buying the new Nikons and Canons. Nothing wrong with these older models. Most ads I've seen are averaging $400-500 for the camera and lens with some extras like spare batteries.
As for megapixels, I've printed 11X18's from my 6MP Nikon D70 that look pretty much similar to ones printed from my 12mp D3 with the same lens.
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