For the taking of pictures

This feels like an awfully trivial post after all the serious big news ones over here in Off-Topic lately but I'm gonna post anywho :oops:

Any digital camera recomendations? I've been browsing Amazon for something to add to my wish list because it'd be awful nice to have a camera that can actually do nice close-ups of my critters. I can't get any sort of decent shot of little Falkor and when there's baby BBs to display I have serious doubts about my HP 315's ability to catch them either. :dizzy: Little and active is a problem. Any close ups of my larger snakes and other critters also don't tend to turn out.

Basically I'm looking for something reliable with good macro capabilities that won't cost me (or a gift giver if it stays on my Amazon list long enough) an arm and a leg. Easy to use is a plus as I have the techno fear.

So... any suggestions? :wuv: Bueller?

most 3 meg cams will do. i personally like nikon models, but that's just me. nikon 4800 has alot of zoom/macro. a tripod and alot of lighting will help greatly with pics.



vaughn

I've had good luck with my old nikon 4300. It's a 4 megapixel. Nikon is known for quality macro.

Now I've got a fujifilm finepix s9000.. and it's awesome, but I had to save a looong time to afford it. :)

coolpix are great!

Cool, thanks guys! I put the Nikon Coolpix 5600 on my wishlist, looks like the quality stuff you guys are talking about at a nice price. Thankee!

:hokitty:

Or, if you want ... You can save money and draw stick figures! :D

Woman, you have to get a Fuji FinePix s 5200! I am completely in love with this camera. Any idiot (me included, lol) can point at anything and get a good pic; and if you really try you can get awesomeness. I am hardly even started learning about it but I will post a few pics from it... (please allow for some distortion from uploading!):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...mmabluesky.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...inkywindow.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...eeportrait.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...pacheshirt.jpg

I'm a big fan of my Casio Exilim.

Wow! Good stuff! I'll probably end up with the Nikon Coolpix 5600 for now just because the price is right, but put the other options on my wishlist too just in case :D Thanks guys! We so need a new camera, trying to get pics for the website is just sad right now :rolleyes:

I still miss my old pentax k1000 still think you cant beat a 35 mm even with a digital.

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Originally Posted by McAdry

I still miss my old pentax k1000 still think you cant beat a 35 mm even with a digital.

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Oh wow...I had a Pentax K1000, too! Back in my highschool photojournalism class....that was like...at least 100 years ago! LOL

I use a little fuji s3000 for now. I'm thinking of getting the Nikon D50 or D70 soon..

Sheree,
I don't know if you have seen any of my pics,I have a Nikon coolpix 7600...It was $350.00. Nikon was reccommended to me by a friend who goes to Costa Rica on grants and stuff because he has discovered some new species of poison dart frog, and they grant him to go to Costa Rica to take photos. I know their are less expensive models out there, but I love this one. It has 7 megapixels, and a macrocloseup feature, as well as others. Just a little tip though, If you want good clear pics, make sure you get one with optical zoom. It makes a huge difference in photo quality.

Thank you 4theSnakelady! That's helpful to know, I want to make sure that what I get does what I want it to do!

Props to you 4th on the optical zoom comment. Way too many people get caught up in megapixels.

Yep.. digital zoom is practically useless unless you like pixellated pictures.

Megapixels are important too.. higher resolution = more detail. However, for web use, megapixels are of lesser importance.