the best digital camera for taking jewelry pics?

You should look for a camera with a good macro setting. I have an old Camedia 2000Z that had a great macro feature. I've now got Jon's old Camedia 5060 series and the macro feature on that is even better.

Take a look at this site for some tips:

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Need quality, >I'm on a quest to improve my pictures. First up, I'll be attempting to

I'm an online vintage jewelry dealer and have gone through numerous cameras, and the only one that takes truly outstanding jewelry pictures is a Sony Cybershot with an Eric Zeiss lens. It's about $400 but if you take a lot of jool pix, then it's well worth saving up for. I don't even have to use a complicated setup with it; any table near a good natural light source will do. The Zeiss lens is what does it. If you just can't swing the price, at least do yourself a favor and avoid Kodak cameras. They only work with their proprietary software, which is horrible.

The Olympus SP-350 that I asked about above is $399 plus memory card retail, but available for $250 plus memory card. Since it has macro and super macro I am considering it.

Thanx Barb FL for the reference for technique.

Armand

Hello Amber:

I use a Nikon Coolpix 4300, and am quite happy with it. This camera has good macro capability for it's price. I also use a light tent, with daylight fluorescent lighting. David

Hi Amber,

I used to have the same camera as David before I got my Canon Rebel 350D XT DSLR for Christmas this year. The Nikon 4300 takes wonderful macro shots for beads and jewelry! I don't think they make the 4300 model anymore, but the comperable equivilent would be the 4600 and a step up would be the 5600. They both have the same macro focusing distance as the 4300, which is 4 cm. Don't know where you're located, but here's a couple of links to them on Circut City's website...the 4600 is $161 and the 5600 is on sale for $199, so you could get both a camera and a memory card and still be within your budget.

Nikon 4600

Nikon 5600 Here's a few pics I took with my Nikon 4300 with a light tentI got on eBay and 3 full spectrum lights (150 watts each)

thanks!

I think I'm gonna go with the 5600..hopefully it'll help improve my pictures!

-Amber.

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YES! And I am holding my breath and crossing digits in hopes that she will stay back! :) (I actually was afraid she might be tired of reading me scream 'SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZ' every time she popped up and refrained this time!)

Sooz, I sure hope life has been good and busy (as opposed to crazy and busy) to have kept you away but dagnabit :) we miss you terribly. Especially your shy and warm-fuzzy sweetness! hehehe ;)

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I had noticed but did not say anything. Sooz is probably being like the three wise monkeys. Hear all, see all, and say nowt. I have done it myself at times when it is better to keep mum than voice an opinion. Love you Dolling Shirley

non-standard battery. My current old JamCam 3 (yes, still my only camera) uses 9V batteries which I find extremely convenient because I get them free (used once, with a lot of life left).

Does anybody have a good camera that runs on 9V batteries?

The other one I have been looking at (it uses AAs) is the Sony DSC-S60. Does anybody here have one and are they any good?

I'm trying to stay below $200, preferably below $150, would like to be able to interface to Linux (as well as Windows XP), and use standard batteries (preferably 9V, but I could do AAs I guess. I don't want Cs or AAAs though) - and would prefer a memory stick type media to any kind of memory card.

Aloha and mahalo for any and all advice,

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