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Well, my plans to borrow a camera to take pictures of my new babies don't seem to have panned out. Though I was hoping to avoid the expense, purchasing a camera may be my only option.

Can anyone recommend a camera that's good for photographing such small subjects but doesn't cost a great deal of money? I would prefer digital, but I'm not too choosy.

Thanks!

élan
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1.1.0 Collareds
1.0.0 Mali Uromastix
0.0.1 Butterfly Agama
1.0.0 Green Anole
1.0.0 Chinese Dwarf Newt
2.0.0 California Newts
0.0.1 White's Treefrog
0.0.1 Fire bellied toad
0.0.1 American Bullfrog
0.0.1 Midland Brown Snake
1.1.0 Felines
0.2.0 Canines
1.0.0 Equine

well, i have no idea about the cameras but i can tell you how to shop go to froogle.com and you can search for thousands of things and you can select for it to list the things by price, so it always tells you really good prices.
also there is overstock.com i have never looked at technology on there but they have good prices also and really cheap shipping. so once you find out the name of a camera, you can check the prices on those sites
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vonnie
***There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it. Mary Wilson Little ***

Personally i recommend you the Canon A75. It has a great macro capability and nto too bad for the price. I have several magazine that give the A series of Canon a great reviews.
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Mizar 21
1.0 Collared lizard (Ganymede)
1.0 Leopard Gecko (Gethsemani)
1.0 Nerodia Fasciata (Serpentard)
1.0 rescued iguana (Gomez)
1.2 Cats

Thank you both for the suggestions.

I like Canon, too. I'll be sure to give the A75 a good lookover.

élan
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1.1.0 Collareds
1.0.0 Mali Uromastix
0.0.1 Butterfly Agama
1.0.0 Green Anole
1.0.0 Chinese Dwarf Newt
2.0.0 California Newts
0.0.1 White's Treefrog
0.0.1 Fire bellied toad
0.0.1 American Bullfrog
0.0.1 Midland Brown Snake
1.1.0 Felines
0.2.0 Canines
1.0.0 Equine

I've been using a Nikon coolpix 4500 for the past year and it's treated me pretty well. I will upgrade someday but for now, it works great. Super macro, and lenses can be added. I believe Eve uses this one as well.