Best digital camera? For ebay use? The up close and detail kind?

[worldtalker]

It comes down to megapixels and having a macro setting. There are plenty of good cameras on the market. I would recommend a minimum of 8 megapixels for posting on the Internet. Take a few coins to a Best Buy and tell the sales person what you want to use the camera for and give them a test run on the coins. Also go to a camera shop and buy a cheap 18% grey card to photo the coins on. If you have a bright silver coin on a black background the contrast may be so great the the details on the coin will blow out ( be over exposed ). All cameras see everything as 18% grey aka neutral density. In the photo the card may appear white or lighter grey but the coins should show up well. You may also want a camera the will allow you to set exposure manually. Cannon and Nikon as well as others have models with this option. My Cannon has it as well as video.

Nikon P-520 18.1 Megapixel,Great Camera!

 

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[Iron Patch]

I use an old Sony Mavica digital camera (first digital camera we ever bought). This thing is so old, it actually has a 3.5 inch floppy drive to record pictures! Fortunately, it also has a memory stick. It is kind of big and clunky but it takes very good macro shots such as the one below:



I'll bet you could find a Mavica online for really cheap.

Bingo. it's what I've used since day 1 and have no reason to change. Takes pictures plenty close, and even though the resolution is low, I still lose a little quality when uploading through ebay.... so a very high resolution camera would be fairly pointless to me. It's also very quick to use, and that's another reason I like it because I have sat down to do anywhere from 100 to near 1,000 pictures. I currently have a stock pile and plan to buy a few more because I don't plan to ever change.

 

[mjlalt]

A tripod and a light tent can also make a big difference in how good pictures come out
A light tent diffuses the light to eliminate glare

I also tried my son's USB microscope for closeups
came out pretty cool

 

[TreasureHunters]

WOW! Im so glad I came across this thread this morning! I was thinking of getting a new camera for close ups too because mine was terrible at it. Then I read this and got curious and found a macro setting in the menu! It works great! You saved me some money. Many Thanks!

That was the problem here too, THANK YOU TreasurePirate!

 

[mjlalt]

That was the problem here too, THANK YOU TreasurePirate!

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[TreasureHunters]

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[Greybear]

The reason for the more megapixels is even with a macro you may not get close enough to get the fine details. The solution is you can then crop in tighter and not loose detail like you would with a lower megapixel camera. The bottom line is the is more information ( detail ) in the photo so you can get better resolution when the photo is enlarged on screen. I see a bunch of photos on here that look fine as a thumb nail but bring them up to full screen and they are so blurry you can't tell what they are.

 

[Greybear]

Yep, that Macro setting will make all the difference in the world. Keep posting and good hunting!