>>4372712If you have a brain/want sharp, well exposed photos, then my advice changes again.
Use a goddamned flash.
The easiest way to do this is with a point and shoot, preferably an older one with infrared autofocus and a prime lense.
They grab good focus quickly even in total darkness, and with a faster aperture lense you'll get reasonable reach from the built in flash.
All of your photos will come out looking the exact same though.
If you'd like to exercise a little creative control, then you should just use the newest SLR system you can get your hands on, with an expensive first party TTL flash with an af beam on it, and again the expensive lenses with faster apertures and/or IS.
A Canon EOS camera with a 430EX is probably the cheapest way to do this. Put the camera in Manual, and set a shutter speed slower than 1/125 and a moderate aperture. Bounce your flash off walls, ceilings, etc and check the little LED on the back of the flash to make sure it goes green, indicating sufficient exposure was achieved.
