I know nothin about photography cameras etc etc but i know what i like when i see it.
What camera should i get if im just starting and wyhats a 50mm?

What do you need to take photos of?

A 50mm is a lens, like the canon 50mm:

i work in down town long beach so i see some weird shit sometimes. i drive around to werid areas to drop stuff off for the company.

so some times i come across crazy stuff and sit there wishing i had a camera.

Basically anything and everything ranging from crazy bums to fights to car that was hit by a train to crazy protesters(some of the weird things ive seen out and about)

so ya what ya think:)?

how much money are you willing to spend?

You have three main choices of camera:

Compact: usually small and lightweight, will slip easily into your pocket and have limited features
(D)SLR: A much bigger camera, you can change the lens, along with a LOT of settings, these cameras are usually more expensive and deliver higher quality images

well by compact do you mean like a little 7mp camera? cause i got one of those but that dosent make anything look cool like all the pics i see in this forum.
How much does a decked out DSLR run? with like a sick lens?

Your camera is a probably a compact camera then. For a beginner to photography you can get a nice camera with a cool lens for <$1000

Obviously the more money you spend the better camera and lens you can buy, but for a beginner you can get some sweet gear for that amount.

Decked out DSLR with a sick lens? Around £4k.

Be aware that megapixels don't mean jack.

whoaaa thats pretty hefty tho still. i wonder if i take a class at school if i can get some stuff cheaper...

ya just sayin. tryin to give you guys an idea of what i got

I'd still suggest getting a mega cheap film SLR and playing around with that instead of spending more than 200 on a DSLR.