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Originally Posted by GFM  I've been delaying forever but now want to buy an easy to use camera that will provide me with good close up detail of such creatures as butterflies, amphibians, or anything I quickly spot when out and about. I have an ordinary Olympus digital and it provides me with general pictures and the wildlife pics end up as distant images. I want to spend £100-200 whether it be new , used or ebay. I would be pleased to hear from anyone who has bought and used such a camera and would like to genuinely recommend it.
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Just to explode a few myths here-
1 - You
can get close up to insects and use noisy cameras and even flash!! You just have to exercise a little stealth and patience to get those close shots. Anyone who uses a zoom lens to shoot insects will probably fail to capture any great detail.Knowing the subject matter also helps.
2 - The phrase 'easy to use' as regards cameras probably won't produce excellent images - but I'm not sure what you mean by 'good close up detail' as I'm sure we all have different concepts of what that means.
3 - A tripod is not always necessary - it depends on whether you are learning how to use the camera to speed up your shots in lieau of using a tripod - which isn't always possible in awkward situations. A tripod is a great advantage but can limit what you can get access to.
These were taken hand held (resting camera on knees/ lying on tum/hand held in air) - the first has a little fill flash and the next two were taken on a sunny day.
They are barely cropped so you can see how close I was.They have not been sharpened in Photo Shop either - that's a NO-NO with me as I can really tell when that's been done and so can stock sites!
If you're really serious about the detail I'd recommend you went for a second hand DSLR and Macro lens. If not then some of the suggestions here are fine.
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