[pbs] Digital cameras
Jamie
Jamievande at freenet.de
Mon Feb 2 11:37:03 EST 2004
Diana,
take a look at the Canon PowerShot series. I have the A40, with 2M pixels
and find it great for in the garden. Sure, it could do closer close-ups,
etc., but the bees knees are not my subject, usually!
Jamie V.
Cologne
----- Original Message -----
From: "diana chapman" <rarebulbs at earthlink.net>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Digital cameras
> Hi Jim:
>
> Many thanks for the advice. I am NOT experienced with photography, and I
am
> not likely to get interested. I just want photographs of my plants, so I
> absolutely don't want the high-end cameras. I did have a Koolpix 4000 for
a
> short while, and found it quite terrifying. I really want something easy
to
> use. Taking pictures of pollen grans or the hairs on a bee's leg isn't
what
> I want, but I do want to get within two to three inches and get a good
> picture. For me, I need something that is not bulky, easy to understand
and
> easy to use otherwise I won't use it. When I was young I bought a good
> camera to take on multi-day rock climbs to get photographs of the
> spectacular settings, I took it twice and it stayed in the haul bag almost
> all of the time. I never used it again.
>
> Best.
>
> Diana
>
>
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