Advice On Camera

[maddogdodge]

Hey everyone,

i am a real novice at photography... although i absolutely love it!

at the moment i just have a Canon Powershot A3200 IS... nothing fancy...

I mainly love to do photos of Dogs and other animals... i love to do photos at unique angles, and really close up and also action shots... although i have never had a decent camera for that... haha :p

I am looking to upgrade to a better camera... although my budget is tight... i really want a decent camera to take professional looking photos... but i cant afford heaps, so i don't have plenty of options...

i was thinking perhaps this?

http://www.nikon.com.au/en_AU/product_details.page?DCRPath=templatedata/en_AU/saleable_product_information/data/Nikon%201/Nikon%201%20J1.xml&currentProductTab=1&CategoryID=gs6rtnn2

Anyone got any experience with this camera? would it be any good for me?

if not, know of any other good cameras i could look into?

(just for the sake of it.. here are two examples of my photos with my current camera)