It's a crazy amount of work, and I generally found the process rather unrewarding. But obviously some people really get into it, so could be a random temperment thing.
A camera like mine would be pretty overkill for stop-motion. I have no idea of your experience, so I hope this doesn't come across as condescending: I'd start with a good webcam, and find some decent software in whatever price range and/or legality you're comfortable with. (There are a lot of neat little tricks that make capturing on a computer much more pleasant, like ghosting the previous frame over the live display so you can see how much you've moved something, and voice actived capture so you don't have to keep moving back and forth.) The biggest quality issue you're going to have is not the camera, but the lighting, which is a crazy skill all to itself. You should be able to make do with some small work lamps, but I'd recommend getting a basic book on video lighting. Also, make sure that the lights are mounted solidly -- nothing worse than spending hours on a sequence only to jostle the lights halfway through.
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A camera like mine would be pretty overkill for stop-motion. I have no idea of your experience, so I hope this doesn't come across as condescending: I'd start with a good webcam, and find some decent software in whatever price range and/or legality you're comfortable with. (There are a lot of neat little tricks that make capturing on a computer much more pleasant, like ghosting the previous frame over the live display so you can see how much you've moved something, and voice actived capture so you don't have to keep moving back and forth.) The biggest quality issue you're going to have is not the camera, but the lighting, which is a crazy skill all to itself. You should be able to make do with some small work lamps, but I'd recommend getting a basic book on video lighting. Also, make sure that the lights are mounted solidly -- nothing worse than spending hours on a sequence only to jostle the lights halfway through.