Digital Cameras

["Howe, Mike" <mhowe@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am looking to buy a reasonably priced digital camera for condition surveys
of (mainly) palaeontological specimens when they are being loaned from our
collections. Following trials with a few cameras, I believe that 2.1
Megapixels should provide adequate resolution, but I have found the
automatic focussing (even on the macro photography setting)to be very hit
and miss. Can anyone suggest tricks to improve the focussing, or camera
models where this is not normally a problem?

Many thanks,

Mike Howe



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Dr Mike Howe
Chief Curator
British Geological Survey

Email: mhowe@bgs.ac.uk
Tel: 0115 9363105
Fax: 0115 9363200

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