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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 21, 2006 21:11:05 GMT
Most of us are now using digital cameras rather than the 35mm ones, which I personally stopped using 3 years ago. Jenant has just bought a hybrid camera which incorporates all the best features of a 35mm SLR, with the added bonus of being a fantastic digital camera as well It is the Samsung Pro815. For myself, I am now using a Fuji Finepix S9500 which has 12 million pixels and a great super-macro lens, plus loads of other features found only on very expensive SLR's. It is an amazing piece of technological photographic equipment, but you don't have to have a fantastic camera to get great pictures of ants So come on guys and gals and please let us know what camera you are using, and why you like that particular model?
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Post by nimbus on Jun 12, 2006 8:28:00 GMT
The cameras I use are either a finepix S7000(6mp or 12mp interpopulated) or a Panasonic FZ30 (8mp).. With a Nikon SB24 external flash and either a Raynox DCR150 or 250 macro lens..
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Post by nimbus on Jun 13, 2006 8:46:38 GMT
SSSSHHHHHHHH the wife might hear.....
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Post by lukegoddard on Oct 26, 2006 20:56:15 GMT
I currently have a kodak easy share one (unsure of model), it has 5 mega pixels and I still think it is rubbish for close-ups. I can never get a good close up no matter what I try, it really is annoying. I wouldnt recomend getting one of these.
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Post by Formicalondon on Oct 26, 2006 21:21:53 GMT
close ups, You mean macro yeah have you tried setting it to macro mode.
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Post by lukegoddard on Oct 26, 2006 21:32:11 GMT
There isn't a macro mode on it which I know of, there is a close up mode but that's still blurred.
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Post by Jenny on Jan 4, 2007 21:18:09 GMT
The cost of these cameras vary, the more pixels you have the dearer they are. £400 up for the better digital ones. It is the add on lenses that give you the great macro shots though, of ants and other creatures that look extra large on your screen It is the add on lense that you need to look into when you buy the camera, as I found out with mine, it is such a difficult thread size, the lense for it is hard to buy except to order from the dealer. The price of these lenses can be the same or more than you paid for the camera
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Post by myrmecophile on Jan 5, 2007 3:12:15 GMT
I am using a sony dsc707 It is a great camera, with superb built in macro. You must keep in mind that more megapixels does not automatically mean better image. This is because as you increase the number of MP the size of the Mps go down. This results in a reduced ability of each pixel to gather light which results in lower quality pictures. It is far more important to go for quality lenses instead of MP count.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Jan 5, 2007 9:04:23 GMT
I do agree with Myrmecophile about the issue of mega-pixels, as it is really the quality of the macro (close up) lens which matters. A good camera will allow add on lenses to improve the macro facility. I find that I get much better close ups of insects from my camcorder than my camera, simply because it has a much better depth of field on close up shots. It all sounds very complicated, and it is only a bad workman who blames his tools; but apart from photography being an art form, it does depend to some extent on how good the camera is in conjunction with the person taking the actual photo Without the correct lens and a good steady hand, you can have the best camera in the world and still take really awful photos which look
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Post by tom on Jan 5, 2007 11:23:00 GMT
I've just got a new camera, it is great! Pentax k10d digital SLR, I really need to get a proper macro lens for this camera, for as the moment I'm still reversing the lenses etc.. I was thinking the Tamron 90mm macro lens..Heres a picture anyway Crematogaster sp. from Argentina
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Post by Jenny on May 2, 2007 14:57:51 GMT
Choosing a camera is down to personal choice, and to get good ant shots you need either a good macro lense, or even better an excellent add on lense that screws onto your camera. I have a Samsung Pro 815 SLR, Minolta Dimage Z1, and a Samsung digital point and shoot type. None of them are much good at getting shots of large ants close up as you need the add on lense to do the job. What sort of camera do you use and what results do you get from it? This is to help members decide which to choose, and what use you are going to need it for
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Post by Formicalondon on May 2, 2007 22:23:24 GMT
I use a Fuji S5600 with added close up lenses that screw on to the end of my existing lens as well as a trusty old binocular lens that I hold over my cameras lens its a crude but effective method and I am sure any magnifying lens held of a camera lens would help with macro shots (works best with a flash and high shutter speed).
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Post by esgalha on May 20, 2007 0:52:57 GMT
the sensibility to light depends on the ISO value selected. More and smaller pixels results in sharper pictures. The size of the sensor also influences the quality of the image. Bigger the sensor, better de image I have a Nikon D80, but I need a better macro lens to photograph ants . I'm also thinking in buying a Tamron 90mm.
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Post by tom on May 21, 2007 19:41:23 GMT
Also, with higher Mega Pixels, means more noise into the picture.
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Post by apipunk on Feb 22, 2008 6:08:34 GMT
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
I do not have a macro lens yet though! It will probably be my next purchase! Tom when you reverse the lens, do you have a ring that does that or, just hold it with your hand?
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