I need a new camera to finally get an army up on this forum. been recommended a Pentax optio RZ18,
which has x16 optical zoom and Super Macro mode. its around £120 and a friend says its ok-ish for detailed pics.

budget £250 max or £350 if camcorder with 1080P and HD...

any advice for me or others in a similar position appreciated

6mmLawrence

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Canon ixus works great for me and is cheap too.
Definitely better pics as with anything else before

With a tripod (or even resting the camera) and sufficient lighting most macro-capable cameras should be ok.

Indeed I took these images of an Adler 6mm with my old crummy camera whilst resting it on a book.

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Could try asking a dedicated camera forum and reading up some online revews? I found http://www.dpreview.com to be helpful last time I bought a camera and people on the forums there know a lot about photography.

I have no knowledge of current cameras myself as it's been several years since I bought a camera (I'm just waiting for the 41MP Nokia 808 cameraphone to be released soon).

You love that figure, AB

many thanks guys. wow that Harlequin is great. it has little red diamonds on its coat! like Holy cow!
loving AB's Adler cavelry. god i love Adler.

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Go to a camera store with some sample figures and test out some models.

Anything with a decent optical zoom and a macro feature will work. I've taken some nice pictures with a pretty cheap digital camera.

A good tripod is important as well as a camera that allows you to set a colour balance

I have a Canon SX 230 HS (IXUS in other countries, I think), and it does not have Super Macro mode. The Canon SX 200 IS did (I have that one too, but I scratched the lens crawling through dusty earthquake damage). For 6mm infantry, Super Macro mode is worth looking for. This line of cameras is meant for the outdoors though - big zoom, poor low light performance. The Canon SX95 is one of the best low-light compacts, and unlike the 200 line, it's actually compact.

All of Canon's SX cameras have manual controls, which I find indespensible for this sort of thing. You can get by without them if you have good neutral backgrounds and great lighting, I suppose. Plan on spending money on lighting and ways to diffuse it. A tripod, too. If you get a compact camera, there are really cheap plastic tripods (US$20) which are fine for this application.

What else will you use the camera for?

Buy a cheap camera and spend £100 on a top notch daylight lamp. These days anythign with an optical zoom and a macro will take a good photo, but not all lighting will let the camera do its job on targets this small.

A good daylight lamp will help you light your photos to get the best out of your camera, but will also help your painting so you've got nicer objects to photograph

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Thanks for advice guys. I will also be taking pics of The Wife and our 20 week old Bump! Huzzah!

i'll go with tripod and lighting, and get a Macro family camera.

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Congrats!
First?

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1st. 20 week scan today. 3d scan next week ! Cool!
Excited mutchly

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Thats briliiant!
Are you going to ask what sex it is?

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