there are a lot of really nice pas cameras out there (not to be confused with POS, lol). raw is going to take a lot of space, regardless of what type you choose. if you want space, compact flash is a good format to see if the camera has (not essential mind you, just handy), because it's fairly inexpensive, so you can have several of them.
the lens is going to probably be the most important part of your camera. nice camera, turd lens = turd photo. turd camera, nice lens = decent photo.
