Macro camera for flowers

lilyrose · #1 (**permalink**) 13-09-2009, 06:07 PM

Hi,
Can anyone recommend a camera, under about £200, which can take good close-ups of flowers please? I was looking at a fuji bridge camera of some sort but wondered if there are also any smaller ones. I have been researching but it just takes ages to wade through everything. I have a panasonic tz4 at the moment, which is a bit hit and miss, and only goes down to about 2 inches, and despite it being 8 megapixels it doesn't seem to give as much detail as my hubbys old nikon coolpix with 4 mps.
I know most of you are into really serious cameras and photograpy, I just want to take flower close-ups and landscapes really, but I just thought one of you might be able to recommend something for me.
Thanks

Hedera · #2 (**permalink**) 13-09-2009, 06:15 PM

I'm a new digiuser, and have been very pleased with my Canon Ixus 870IS which I have been using since Christmas. 10mps.

squishy · #3 (**permalink**) 14-09-2009, 05:02 PM

fujifilm bridge cameras are very good.

MP only affect the size of the image. A good camera with 4mp will give far better images than a bad camera with 20mp. The only reason you would need more than around 6-10mp is if you are printing or displaying the images very large

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here's a flower photos from my fujifilm S9600

(click image again for full quality version)

Tringa · #4 (**permalink**) 14-09-2009, 06:17 PM

If you can push the price a but there are a few cameras that will go close without any attachments, but if the flowers are small then you will need to enlarge the image on a PC or go for some form of close up lens.

earthdragon64 · #5 (**permalink**) 14-09-2009, 08:16 PM

If it's a small camera you are looking for, have a look at some of the newer Nikon Coolpix range, most have a macro setting which is pretty good for flowers. My husband is a bus driver and always has one with him, I can't remember exactly which model, and he has taken some nice scenic shots from the top carpark on Cairngorm.