John et al, >So here's my two questions to Bill: > >1. How much did your camera cost (If you don't mind telling)? >2. Does your camera have changeable lenses? >2. Since it is digital, can you make a close-up shot digitally without a >close up or telephoto lens? >3. How close to your subject can you get and still stay in focus?
Having soldiered on for years with an early Kodak digicam with a 2x zoom and a useful 8" 'macro' focus used for most of my distributed JPEGs I eventually bit the bullet and upgraded to a Nikon CoolPix 5700 mainly because of its 8x optical plus 4x digital zoom. It will also focus right down to 30mm or 1.2" distance without additional lenses. Certainly is is a high-end choice but if you need a camera which will get closeups of those way-up-high sundials or a crisp image of 'nit on a gnat's nut' this little wonder has everything packed into a beautifully engineered magnesium alloy body. How I wish I'd bought it for the BSS Austria trip. A word to the wise - OPTICAL zoom is the thing. Digital 'zoom' just clips the middle from the image. Tony Moss. -
