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    good camera to get? —Jonathan Wilson
   I just got AU$250 in birthday money so I am now in a position to buy a usable digital camera (what I have is no good for lego since it doesnt have a macro mode). So, I want to know what camera to buy with my AU$250 (plus some of my own money). Any (...) (20 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.publish.photography, lugnet.loc.au)
   
        Re: good camera to get? —Paul Baulch
     (...) Not sure about the camera, but you might want to buy a tripod as well. I've found it helps avoid blurry shots. Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (20 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.publish.photography, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
   
        Re: good camera to get? —Kerry Raymond
      (...) have (...) Given that price is probably important to you, I would suggest scanning the sales and specials for whatever cameras are cheap at local camera shops, Harvey Norman, OfficeWorks, etc, and buy one that meets these needs: Pixels: I (...) (20 years ago, 1-Apr-04, to lugnet.publish.photography, lugnet.loc.au)
    
         Re: good camera to get? —Paul Baulch
     (...) And, as I found, a much more frustrating one as you muck around with phone books, boxes and the like to get the relative heights correct, then muck around trying to get the camera back into its correct position on the beanbag when you press (...) (20 years ago, 2-Apr-04, to lugnet.publish.photography, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
   
        Re: good camera to get? —Mike Kollross
     (...) I bought the Cannon Power Shot A60. Its a 2 Mega pixel camera with optical and digital zoom, macro setting, panoramic "stitching" as well as it takes AVi movies with sound. It also is being reduced in price now that the new models are out. In (...) (20 years ago, 2-Apr-04, to lugnet.publish.photography, lugnet.loc.au)
    
         Re: good camera to get? —Kerry Raymond
     (...) Yes, red eye is a major problem with minifig photography. Their eyes just don't react properly to the pre-flash. Kerry (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.publish.photography, lugnet.loc.au)
   
        Re: good camera to get? —Harri Manni
   (...) Ok, I don't know how much AU$250 is but I can recommend the FujiFilm FinePix f420 for macroshots. It's perhaps a bit expensive but it taks excellent macro shoots! Hmm, seems like the f420 is obselete and is replaced by f440.. eg: (URL) got the (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.publish.photography, lugnet.loc.au)
 

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