What camera is the best kind to get as a teenager?
Budget, Type of photography, skill level; all these matter.
There are several different types of cameras but the most popular
are digital and 35mm. digital are mostly point and shoot with some
zoom features and are a great and cheap way to take decent
pictures. That is probably the way you are going to go. Don't buy
anything with less than 5 megapixel resolution, and budget for a
memory card; a 128mb would do fine for most people.
If you plan on taking a photography class your going to need to
find a 35mm camera with real film. This is definitely more
expensive but in the hands of the right person can make brilliant
photos.
PS. i have a casio exilm digital camera and it is pretty great.
I've also got a Nikon SLR, and while nikon makes great lenses Slr
is an awful format and i wouldn't recomend it.