The past couple cameras I've bought have been these little point-and-shoot things and aren't really worth the package in which they arrive. I have no interest in being a photographer and am not really even familiar with the the terminology, but I would like to take decent detail photos (picture getting decent pics of ID stampings on milsurp rifle parts) but also be able to get decent shots along the fence line of a motorcycle race. I suppose digital SLR would give me the tools to do all of that but are there any other cameras out there that would fit the bill?