Camera for E-Commerce Product Photography

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Thanks for all the replies everyone, I really appreciate the help!

I'm certainly no expert,AT ALL,but my main game with photography is exactly what you're doing.
And what I've learned over the past few years is that learning light is the single most important thing.
I went from a couple of modified (put linear potentiometers in the for control)vivitar 283's with optical slaves,to SB-80dx's to SB-800's and 900's with shootthroughs,reflectors,scrims home made gobos to finally a full set of Speedotrons with with plenty more modifiers.
I honestly believe that if you learn how to light product,any modern DSLR will work.
The lenses are what will change the game a bit,and although I have my preferences,I won't recommend any because I don't really know what you're shooting.
I also do not like light boxes as I feel I have more control with seamless paper on my own made shooting table which varies a bit depending on where I'm doing the work..
Another thing I often do is hang the subject with monofilament fishing line and shoot against a lit seamless background.
My photoshop skills absolutely suck,but even I can clone out the line.

edit: Just saw that you're shooting military stuff. I'll assume you're using mannequins as well? I do a bunch of foul weather tops,wetsuits and drysuits,and I can promise you that there is no such thing as too much light.

Here's an example of the kind of products I shoot: LINK (not my store/photos). I am planning on shooting on a background setup like THIS, no table as the items will go flat on the floor also no mannequins and no light boxes (which aren't an option anyway as the items I shoot are too big). Seeing that you shoot products which are fairly similar I'd like to hear your opinion on the lens part of the equation, the only thing which is currently holding me back from a compact camera is the limited zoom available (usually around 100/120mm max). I'm worried I won't be able to zoom in enough to capture things like manufacturer tags on the products when shooting from a tripod.