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what types of digital cameras does everyone use? i'm looking for something that will allow for good resolution on close-ups (i.e. photos of cresteds). i have an OLD (from 2000) Kodak DC280. it does great on 'normal' distance and 'wide' shots, but when i try to get close-ups of my cresteds, the result isn't that great.

I use a Kodak EasyShare DX4900 4.0 megapixels and it takes some great pics.

Derek

I use a sony 4.0 megapixel. Its awesome for fast shots and close-ups.Take a look at my gallery of all the shots I take with it. I love this camera so much!

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/index.php?user=46121&cat=500

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2.2 Crested Geckos
.3 Leopard Geckos

I use a Nikon D-70. It is the best. I love the pictures and with the other lenses that I bought I can do Extream close ups!!

Erik

Canon G3 Looking at a SLR cant decide yet.

I use a Sony 5.0 megapixel, but my photos don't seem nearly as good, could someone give me some hints, settings to use in regard to apperture, or tell me what program you use to get them to look that good....I always seem to have problems with the lighting.....
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*Cheryl*

3.4.0 Bearded Dragons(Callahan, Finnegan, Big Red, Kailey, Feona, Karina, Squirt)
1.1.3 Crested Geckos (Tigger, Mr. Cheetos, Mickey, Pistol, Charcoal)
0.0.1 Savannah Monitor (Guiness)
0.0.1 Blue Spot Timor (Timonium)
1.0.0 Ball Python (Melvin)

www.doubletroubledragons.com

well, i have like a 3.2 MP samsung. it's pretty cheap and has the potential to take very nice pictures. the main thing you want, if you're not able to use a tripod, is a fast shutter speed. the faster the shutter speed the quicker the image is burned and the least amount of time there is for your hand to wobble or screw something up.
one thing i hate about mine, is if you turn the flash off, it turns the shutter speed down to like 2 seconds! so it's very blurry if you can't use something to keep your hand steady. i almost always have the flash on, and because of this i can't get the camera very close. so what i do, is i place the animal in an area where it is not bright ( but not dark). pick a good spot to anchor my arm so it doesn't move very much. zoom in fully with the ( micro) setting which usually looks like a flower, and the macro ( larger) setting would be a picture of mountains or something on the camera.
then i snap, i change angles a lot and just keep snapping. out of about 25 pictures i may only have a few really good ones on the highest quality setting worth keeping.
soooo... basically
play with lighting
play with shutter speeds
play with using full zoom for close ups ( and just move further away) so the flash doesn't bleach out the color
STAY VERY VERY STEADY.
this picture was taken with a 120 dollar samsung camera ( but i'm telling you, MOST pictures don't look real great and i just go through them all to find the best ones.

I use an olympus C-5060, which is a 5.1 megapixel. These are a few crestie shots I've taken with it...

Those are some great pics of some really nice geckos!!