"harry" wrote in message
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On Sep 30, 12:14 pm, Jake Nospam@invalid wrote:
Trying to photograph spiders today made me realise that I need a
better digital camera as I found it impossible to focus on something
that big (garden spiders with bodies about three quarters of an inch
plus legs are big in my book)! I've got lots of photos of foliage and
brickwork with blurry blobs in front.

Is anyone able to recommend a decent digital camera for close up
photos of little creatures/flowers and the like? I'm happy to spend a
few hundred squid for a good one though for that money I'd like a
proper viewfinder.

Cheers, Jake
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You need a camera with changeable lenses . The lens is the important
bit, not the camera. You need a lens with a "macro" setting.
This brings the difficulty that the depth of field might be less than
a centimeter in macrophotography.
So then you are into tripods etc.
Sigma used to do a zoom lens that had a macro setting, maybe they
still do

Best bet is to get familiar with Adobe Photoshop. Then anything is
possible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macro_photography

I have had a bit of a dabble, it's a whole different world

As you say Harry - it's a different world. The use of interchangeable
lenses obviously extends the versatility of a camera, but that is not the
last word on the matter. I was amazed at the excellence of the modern
compact cameras especially in the macro field.

Bill