What is the best camera for product photography on a small budget - under £200?
I am looking for compact camera with a macro option to take product photographs to go on our website. I had a Canon Powershot A640 for a couple of years which was ideal. Is there anything similar but a little cheaper!- try to get a panasonic lumix that range has some good quality pictures i have got a DMC FZ7 and it's fantastic, real cheap on ebay now, and there are better updated ones out now that are under £200, but do not seem to be anywere else but on ebay. if you want new and not on ebay i'd go with one of these: ebuyer.com / product / 164387 ebuyer.com / product / 160381 ebuyer.com / product / 159542 always read reviews, and google the camera with the word 'review' befor buying a camera
- I would suggest Canon PowerShot SX110 IS 9. 0MP, 10x Optical Zoom 3. 0'' LCD amazon.co.uk / gp / product / B001EO750O?ie=UTF8&tag=computer09 - 21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B001EO750O or another good choicePanasonic Lumix TZ6 10. 1MP, 12x Optical Zoom 2. 7" LCD amazon.co.uk / gp / redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=amazon.co.uk / s?ie=UTF8&x=0&ref%5F=nb%5Fss%5Fce&y=0&field - keywords=tz6&url=search - alias%3Delectronics&tag=computer09 - 21&linkCode=ur2&camp=1634&creative=19450 Both take great image quality but personally I would recommend Panasonic
- In my opinion any camera with full manual and a hot shoe will do, because the lighting is the most important thing in product photography. Try Canon G7, 9, 10, S5IS, SX10IS, SX1IS, Panasonic LX2, LX3 all have hot shoes. Then get a nice cardboard box and build yourself a lightbox. strobist. blogspot.com / 2006 / 07 / how - to - diy - 10 - macro - photo - studio.html and learn about how to make good light
- Hi, Take others input on cameras - as long as they have a macro mode - and exposure compensation adjustment see below, which most do have now - it pretty much does not matter which model you get. £200 should get you something decent - but also see below for some other bits you may need. Not all macro settings are the same, some will focus closer than others, and this depends on how big the subject is. Take a typical product into the store, and see if your chosen camera will focus close enough for you. Lighting and getting exposure right are critical to get the best out of the camera you have. If you shoot against a white background, auto exposure will make the white look dirty grey. Similarly, if you shoot against a black background, auto exposure will make the black - well not grey, but definitely not pure black. If you already know how to fix this, do not bother to read any further! Otherwise, when shooting against white, give additional exposure compensation - more exposure - to get pure white. With blacks, it's the opposite, give less exposure to get strong blacks. You will need to look for "exposure compensation" in the camera manual when you get it. The exposure compensation bit is slightly counter intuitive, but that's how it is. If you do not have one, get a tripod. You can get a Jessops special for c£30 - quite enough for what you want to do - and set the shutter delay time to 10 seconds - again see the manual for this. Lighting can easily make or break any shot - and particularly a macro - as you are right in amongst the clockwork any wrong shadows really show up. A so - called "lighting tent" is ideal for this, but just about doubles the budget. However, with a table lamp or 2 and a couple of white cards you can do a fair job. Have a look on ebay for lighting tents if you want to get really pro - looking shots. The built - in flash will almost always disappoint with macro shots, as it will not cover the image evenly. White balance - once you have got the exposure right, you may find the colour is still "off", set the white balance to "tungsten" if you are shooting with a table lamp colour will be yellowish, or try "florescent" - depends on the light type. Hope this helps! Cheers Charles
- Get another Canon. My A720IS would do the job easily
- well ur budget is 200 pounds thats a very descent budget u have so many options in ths budget am providing you link where you can read more abt some good cameras and some new ones too here is the link techfreak. byteicon.com / category / digicams / hope this helps you
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