Autorotate:
When shooting digital there is no need to write down all off the settings for each picture shot. When you open the image in the bundled software or a professional package like PhotoShop, all of the camera and image settings are imbedded into the image. On a Mac you can "Get Info" and in Windows I think you view the image "Properties". This will allow you to view shutter speed, f-stop ISO etc. On some cameras you can even view the Histogram (but I wont get into that here).
The camera that 407 Driver has is a great camera but I personally prefer Canon glass and overall Canon has produced the best CCD sensors on the market. For the same price Canon just released the 8.2 Mega pixel
Canon EOS 20D DSLR. Price for the body is $1500.00 and you can get the kit for $1999.99 (Body and Lens).
If a DSLR is out of your price range you might want to consider these two SLR-Like digital cameras
If I were to recommend two cameras that are not DSLR it would be the:
Canon PowerShot G6 7.1 Mega Pixel
& the
Canon PowerShot Pro1 8.0 Mega Pixel
If you ever wanted to learn about Digital Photography and the equipment, here are two of the most invaluable web sites that I know of:
http://www.dpreview.com/
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/