Digital Camera Question

[modelcarmaster16]

hi guys i just wanted to know if this digital camera is good for taking close up pics...if any one has this camera plz take a pic and show it to me...


+edit+ forgot pic...


Features

Great Picture Quality
CCD resolution 2.1 megapixel

image resolution 2.0 megapixel (1632x1232 pixels)
image quality 2.0MP - best (print, enlargement)
1.0MP - better (small print)
0.5MP - good (e-mail)
optical zoom lens 3X optical zoom 36 mm - 108 mm
zoom 6X (3X optical/2X digital)
focus distance 0.5m (20 in.) to infinity in auto mode without macro
close-up mode 10 - 60 cm (3.9 - 23.6 in)
lens protection built-in lens cover
exposure control auto matrix metering
shutter speed auto - 1/8 - 1/1700 sec.
aperture auto - f/2.7 (tele) - f/5.2 (wide)
flash mode automatic, fill, red-eye, off
flash range 0.5-3.5m (1.6-11.5 ft) at wide
0.5-2.1m (1.6-6.9 ft.) at tele
ISO equivalent automatic (100, 200)
white balance automatic
auto-orientation on-camera picture rotation
file format JPEG/EXIF V2.2

[pre98zetec]

no macro = NO GOOD

u need macro, ur pics wont be any good without macro, they will look like shit, get a camera that has aleast 30 inch to 9 inch macro.

Josh

[modelcarmaster16]

Originally Posted by modelcarmaster16

optical zoom lens 3X optical zoom 36 mm - 108 mm

so is this wut you mean?????isnt that macro ??

[[ c e l s i o r ]]

It says it has close up mode. It should be fine.

Macro mode is another name for close up mode.

[hirofkd]

> close-up mode 10 - 60 cm (3.9 - 23.6 in)

Good enough, go for it.

[christofurr]

With a 10-60cm Macro mode it should be fine for what you'll need. But just remember, when you take photos up close, not to get the camera closer than 10cm to the object

[008]

The only thing that bugs me is the "White balance automatic" feature. If you can't adjust the white balance manually you'll have some dark crappy pictures indoors. You can use the flash, but we all know how "unnatural" that looks and the colors never look right. Using the flash removes the depth and makes a subject look 2-dimensional.

My camera does manual/auto but if I leave it on auto my pictures of models indoors come out dark. I then need to edit it in Photoshop just to get it bright enough to post. Once I discovered the manual white-balance adjustment (decided to read the manual 3 years later) my indoor night-time shots became amazingly clear. I can adjust for overcast, tungsten light, flourescent light, direct sun, and auto.

If the price is right, I'd say go for it.

[Ferrari TR]

Here's a resource I've been using...
http://www.imaging-resource.com/
Goto "Dave's picks", then "macro"
Simply tons of information on digital cams.

[modelcarmaster16]

oh well i got onother camera...heres a pic ad some features...is it better than the other one???







FEATURES


2.2-megapixel CCD for up to 1792 x 1200 images
3X (38-114mm) optical F2.9 zoom lens
1.5" TFT color LCD
Small, compact and lightweight
Built in 5-mode flash
Automatic exposure
Playback includes index, zoom and slideshow
ISO sensitivity of 100, 200 or 400
Video output format user-selectable NTSC or PAL
SmartMedia storage, 8MB included, compatible up to 128MB
High-speed USB port for PC/Windows and Macintosh
Powered by standard AA type batteries

[pre98zetec]

nope, that ones a POS compared to the other one, no close up and no macro = no good


Josh

[modelcarmaster16]

Originally Posted by sk8ter_in_ny

nope, that ones a POS compared to the other one, no close up and no macro = no good


Josh

oh forgot one thing more...thats not all the features..it gots 6x close up or something..


again +edit+ heres more

[008]

Originally Posted by modelcarmaster16

oh forgot one thing more...thats not all the features..it gots 6x close up or something..

That's not close up, that's just the zoom function i.e. how far away it can take pictures. Optical zoom is the basic zoom function which uses the camera's lens. The digital zoom is a pixel zooming feature, the same thing as taking a picture at the highest resolution then using photoshop to crop out the edges to give you a "bigger" view of the center, except the camera does it for you. Digital zoom requires a steady hand (tripod) and is hardly useful for anything unless you're desperate to get every last bit of zoom out of it.

[christofurr]

Originally Posted by 008

That's not close up, that's just the zoom function i.e. how far away it can take pictures. Optical zoom is the basic zoom function which uses the camera's lens. The digital zoom is a pixel zooming feature, the same thing as taking a picture at the highest resolution then using photoshop to crop out the edges to give you a "bigger" view of the center, except the camera does it for you. Digital zoom requires a steady hand (tripod) and is hardly useful for anything unless you're desperate to get every last bit of zoom out of it.

Plus digital zoom makes the image look pixelated. As soon as I got my camera I turned the digital zoom off and I've never looked back.

[fatboyslim]

I recently was looking for a digi-cam and was looking at the kodak ones as they seemed good value for money (I figure the less I spend on toys like this the more I have for necesseities i.e models, glue, paints and that sort of stuff!!) i visited many shops selling these cams and in each shop (curry, comet, pc world, jessops and even tokarski's) they all said don't bother with the kodaks cause they are crap!! I ended up buying a Konica KD 310z and it has great ratings in all the magazines and Which Digital camera gives it a Highly recommended 4and a half stars!!

If you click on 'My Homepage' below the MAzda RX-7 was photo'd using this cam!

[modelcarmaster16]

also this is one pic tooken by this camera..well atleast better than the one i had