Nice camera for pictures

[CF Crazy]

Hey guys I was wondering what kinda cameras you are using to take your pictures. Some people take some great upclose pictures so I'm just wondering what you guys are using or would recomend?

[Firebat]

As with many things the experience and knowledge of the user is as big a factor as the hardware.

Most mid level consumer cameras these days feature a macro mode for good close up stills. That said I do prefer the Canon brand.

Also critical is a tripod and good lighting. The ability to set the aperture and exposure is nice too but not critical for beginners.

If your current digital camera has a macro mode get yourself a tripod and fashion a lightbox. Play around with that before you go spending any money on a new camera which won't neccessarily guarantee great close ups in and of itself. Take the time to learn the tricks and then upgrade if you want more manual control.

[The Deacon]

I use a Kodak Z740 for a lot of mine, and a Nikon D60 for the rest, but pretty much any camera you buy today that has a decent macro setting will let you take great knife photos IF you use a tripod. Aside from the camera, it's the single best investment you can make if you want to take closeups.

[Nifty_Nives]

Hey guys I was wondering what kinda cameras you are using to take your pictures. Some people take some great upclose pictures so I'm just wondering what you guys are using or would recomend?

Well, if you are looking for a point-and-shoot, Canon, is clearly the way to go, running from $100-$750, they are a great price point.

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ProductCatIndexAct&fcategoryid=113

(i would stick to mostly the D-series, High-ends, and ELPH cameras, stay out of the others if you want quality. I personally dislike the A-series, and E-series, however convenient, like a womans camera)

There are so many choices, i have the "Canon Powershot SX 110 IS" and with its macro function, you just stay 2-3 feet from it, turn on macro, zoom a little, and you can see clearer on that than in real life. Canon does an excellent job for everything, but if you are looking for an SLR...

CANON! again canon is outstanding, but these will run you $1000 just for a decent body, and $500 for a decent lens, so price point is high, but the quality is through the roof.

[npueppke]

I use a basic Canon point-and-shoot digital camera, with a "digital macro" mode. It's nothing fancy and I use it mostly for taking snapshots, but it works great to take the occasional knife picture. The model I have is the Powershot SD1100 IS.



I think that if you're really serious about macro photography somebody is probably going to give you some great recommendations for DSLR cameras, but for just taking the odd picture now and again to post on forums a mid-range compact camera will work fine (I think I paid $150 for my camera).

Here's an example I took the other day:

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/6001/img0962w.jpg

Edit: It's slightly blurry only because I don't have a tripod, and this was taken under regular fluorescent lighting. With full sunlight you can get a much faster shutter speed and it's not as hard to hold the camera steady, but as others have mentioned, tripods help immensely-especially when you don't have a lightbox or it's cloudy/dark out.

[anti-torsion]

Third for Canon, I have a powershot SD700 IS. It is an older model but their current version is even better.

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x235/danold215/Forum%20Native/IMG_0747.jpg