Re: paleonet digital camera for copy stand work

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Hi John,
I personally use two cameras for this purpose :
the first one is a very cheap model : the Nikon 775 (the actual 
reference is 885 today). You can shoot up to 2cm from the lens ! This is 
a bridge camera and you don't need to add something on the front of the 
lens to shoot little specs. My mind is that for a such price (under 350 
euros) this model has the better lens you can find (the others are built 
with plastic lenses). 3.5 Mega pix of native resolution.

the second is more expensive (1800 euros with a macro lens) : EOS 20D 
from Canon. With this one, you can shoot up to 8 Megapix. This is ideal 
for publications.
Mine is equiped with the macro lens EF-S 60mm f1:2.8.  The EF-S is a 
serie specially designed for the EOS 20D and cannot be used with other 
cameras designed for Canon. With this one, you can shoot upto 1:1, with 
a distance between the lens and the object around 25-30cm. It exists 
another model that can reach 5:1 (X5) but the price... no comment !

If you want some other specifications, feel free to contact me off-list.

All the best,
Eric

JAMES STJOHN a écrit :

>To all,
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>I'm interested in getting people's opinions & recommendations for a current digital camera models to be used in copy stand work that produces publication-quality photos of medium to small specimens.  Can be models with macrolens options built in, or models that need a macrolens added on.
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>Best,
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>James St. John
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