What is the best camera for me to buy to get really good close-up pictures of jewelry? $500 or under.

Question

Help! I want to go buy a camera to take pictures of jewelry I can sell online. My current Olympus Stylus camera gets fuzzy when less than six or seven inches away from what I am photographing! I'd like to shoot as close as 1/2 inch away from my subject and get a clear shot. I have heard that Canon cameras are good. If you could recommend one camera that currently sells, what would it be? Thanks so much!

Answer 1

i personally have a canon powershot sx 100 IS, which is a nice point and shoot camera.

it has a macro setting that i use often and you can get very clear images from a 1/2 inch away, just like you wanted.

it is between $250-$300

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Answer 2

What you really need are a couple of things ..

1) a light ten with two 500 watt lamps to light your jewelry

http://www.amazon.com/XPRO-Studio-Photog...

2) a good sturdy tripod.

For under $470 you can buy a proper DSLR with 18-55 mm lens and with a simple diopter on the front of the lens, you can get excellent close-ups of your jewelry.

I have seen some excellent close up work from our contributer in the Bahamas, Nathan Grammatico, using the 18-55 mm.

Maybe he will have something to say ...

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