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Tony Thomas

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Feb 13, 2003, 9:28:31 AM2/13/03
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Hi:
I am currently using a borrowed Nikon Coolpix 995 to photograph pinned
moths. It focuses as close as 1 inch in macro mode and stops down to about f11.
Does anyone have experience with either the Coolpix 4500, or the Nikon
5700? Specifically, I would like to know how close one can get in macro
mode and what is the smallest f-stop in macro mode?

Thanks

Tony



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Charles Bird

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Feb 13, 2003, 10:55:19 AM2/13/03
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Hi Tony,

I have a Nikon Coolpix 4500 and have been photographing a lot of pinned
micro moths with it. I often have the lens within an inch of a moth. I
really don't know what the f-stop is - I just let the camera do its thing.
I have a ring light for it, but find that I get either a red or a blue cast
with it even though I have tried my best to have the white balance set
right. My best shots are when I use natural light, preferably cloudy (not
too bright) with no shadows. Play around with the white balance settings to
get the best results. I have tried various backgrounds and prefer white,
although off white and light blue are not bad. I use Photoshop 7 to crop,
work with the color balance, then add text. I then save a .psd file; then
flatten the image, reduce the image size to 640 pixels and 72 resolution,
then save .jpg and a .tif files.

I have a friend who has a 995 and photographs pinned macro moths with it.
He prefers natural light and a light blue background.

Contact me in person if you have questions or if would would like to see an
image or two.

Charley

Charles Bird, Box 22, Erskine, Alberta, Canada, T0C 1G0

Kathryn Kirk

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Feb 13, 2003, 12:59:32 PM2/13/03
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I've got a Nikon Coolpix 5000. I've had it about a year and I've used it to copy slides (OK for those old family pix but not as high quality as a good scanner). I've held it in place by retrofitting my old enlarger stand above one eyepiece of a binoc scope and photographed external grasshopper genitalia and other details. I found just leaving the white balance at auto works better than trying to adjust for the lighting. Later, I spruce it up on Photoshop Elements. It really does focus at about an inch. I love this camera!
 
Kathryn Kirk

Tony Thomas

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Feb 18, 2003, 4:46:47 PM2/18/03
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Hi:
Last week I enquired about Nikon's Coolpix 4500 and 5700 digital cameras.
I thank all those people who responded.
I have just come across a web site that gives an incredible detailed
review of the 5700 (21 pages!) and from the look of their index, just about
every other digital camera. Anyone thinking of buying a digital camera or
would like to know everything (and I mean everything) about the one they
own should check this site.

Tony
http://www.dpreview.com

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