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Re: paleonet Digital photography again



>I may have been the person who recommended the Nikon Coolpix 990.  It does a
>good job, including getting in close on specimens down to about 1 cm in
>length.  I'm not sure how well it will do with micro-mollusks.

I've used a Coolpix 990 for 100s of pictures of micro-brachiopods with
excellent results.  The camera is mounted via a relay lens (expensive, ~500
U$) onto a c-mount of a Wild binocular scope.  I've had no problems with
distortion and have been able to produce publication-quality images.
Volume is also no problem;  I've shot more than 200 images in one evening.
Glenn



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