If you want good resell value then I think you should stick to popular brands like Canon and alike.

In the market, there are few systems (mounts) to consider...
1. the ever-growing micro four third mounts (olympus, panasonic, and so on)
2. the new nikon 1 mount
3. conventional old-school mounts like canon, nikon, sony a-mount and so on.

for the first 2, it's a hybrid we call, mirrorless. the third is of the conventional one.

There are lots of cameras that you can consider but I would recommend you to go and study some of them first and find out what are the differential factors between them then you can make the right call!

http://www.mylensdb.com/gear/find/body?pri...inued=No&grid=1

Here's your options.... http://www.mylensdb.com/gear/find/body?pri...inued=No&grid=0

And also take note that Nikon D3200 has just been announced today as the successor to D3100. Happy shooting (shopping)!

There's not much of choices for that budget, if you are willing to top up a bit more, then there will be more choices.

See http://www.mylensdb.com/gear/find/body?pri...o&grid=1&grid=0

Watch out for the upcoming Nikon D3200 as well!

It goes around RM2200 nowadays with kit lens! See http://www.mylensdb.com/canon-eos-550d/

For low light recording, you will need large aperture lens. If you are new in this, you will never ever go wrong starting with the 50mm f/1.8 II prime lens! http://www.mylensdb.com/canon-ef-50mm-f1-8-ii/#samplePhoto

If you are going for Nikon, get D7000 or higher, then you will gain autofocus on all lenses (except some very old ones)
OR get AF-S lenses if you get model ranked below D7000.

Or...... wait for the new Canon EF-M also that has just been announced on Monday!

You can see Canon lenses priced under RM1000 at http://www.mylensdb.com/gear/find?price=1000&mount=1
Just play with the search options, tweak the brand, price and you can get an idea on lenses to get.

There are simply too many models for you to choose from at this generous budget! See http://www.mylensdb.com/gear/find/body?pri...inued=No&grid=1 Maybe you can state your preferences....

Canon EOS M is not recommended at the moment as lots of people complain about its sluggish auto focus speed. You can try to look into those M43 systems http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2357102 and also NEX series http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2580574

You can see list of cameras thats indexed in mylensdb also. See http://www.mylensdb.com/gear/find/body?dis...nt=7&price=3000

Cheers!

There are lots of models for that budget. ( http://www.mylensdb.com/gear/find/body?pri...t=priceD&grid=1 ) Any particular brand you are interested in?

I suggest that you take a trip to a camera store and test out a few cameras first to get a general idea on what to look for. For starter, mostly will get lenses for standard zoom and a telephoto zoom (eg. 18-55mm and 55-250mm kinda range).

Good luck!