I think Digital Photography Review is still the the best place I have
ever seen for seriously comprehensive reviews of still cameras.
http://www.dpreview.com/
Get advice and ideas of what models to look at and then go there and
compare.
Jordan
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With thanks to everyone for previous recommendations (i love my Garvin
360. It really works great!), I'm asking for another recommendation.
I primarily need to take pictures of "things" (mainly antiques which I
occasionally offer for sale at local shows). Many close-ups. I need
crisp pictures, especially of identifying marks on ceramics and
porcelain. I am in the habit of cropping, adjusting for color, etc,
using PhotoShop after the pictures have been snapped. I do use a
"light box" to shoot most of the pictures I take for my business, but
some things are too big to fit into it. A tripod is also available
when I need it. And the "odd" family photo will also be taken. I also
need jpg images that are of "reasonable" size for uploading to my
website and others, therefore the picture files can't be hundreds of
megabytes each.
My computer of choice is my iMac. (Ok - it's my only computer, ergo my
computer of choice.)
Any particular preferences? Recommendations? Specifics re. reasons for
recommendations are very much appreciated. Price, of course, is an
object. (Isn't it always?) But I'm more interested in quality and
ruggedness than a cheap price.
This camera will replace a Nikon Coolpix 4500 which has been great,
but which is getting a bit dated. The Nikon was originally purchased
to take close-ups of small items, for which it is great, but I'm
interested to know what's out now. Close-ups continue to be needed, so
anything that takes close-ups to far-aways would be helpful.
TIA for any and all suggestions.
Mical Wimoth Carton
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