[Jewelry making - Article 00085] - Re: [Orchid] [again] Digital camera

[Peter W . Rowe]

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>        Has anyone been researching lately and purchased something very
>     good for this purpose as well as macro shooting that is not
>     terribly expensive? 

    Derek, It depends on what you consider expensive.  I just bought, and
    am extremely pleased with, a Nikon Coolpix 5400.  It's a bit less
    expensive  (you can find them on ebay or on the web for just under
    700 now)  than the 5000 for which it's the replacement, but has a
    better lens (low dispersion glass),  greater zoom range, slightly
    higher resolution (5.1 megapixel), a bunch of possibly useful
    shooting modes, and other features, as well as what might be one of
    the best macro capabilities in cameras of this range.  Can focus down
    to about an inch if you need it to.   As with other Nikons, the menu
    system is somewhat less intuitive,  but the amazing feature set make
    it, in my mind, worth the complexity.   If you want less cost,  and
    can use less resolution, such as around 3 megapixel, the earlier
    coolpix 995 and it's predecessors, the 950 and 990,  are also very
    capable cameras.  At this point, they may be hard to find, as they're
    now discontinued, but as a result, they're sometimes now closed out
    for very cheap prices compared to what they first sold for just a
    couple years ago. 

Peter


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