Thanks again everyone. Since so many people wanted to know about the camera, I just decided to post it here so everyone could read it and it would not get lost below.
The camera is a Nikon Coolpix 2100. It comes with a 16MB starter video card which is good for about 41 pictures at the high resolution setting (1,600 x 1,200 - not the highest out there as cams go, but more then I need).
It has a 2.0 Megapixel rating which is kinda low.. but I did talk to a printing guru and he recommends a 2.0 Megapixel camera for printing out average sized images so it doesn't waste ink.. don't know about that but that is what he said.
It does have a pretty nice Macro feature.. that is how I took those pictures I posted below.. especially of that baby. My other camera would never get that close. The macro is easy to set but a tad difficult to work with.. I had to take a bunch of pictures to get it to come out clearly... you have to start out a lil far and move the cam in slowly to get the macro to work (least I did).
The camera costs $249.00 US dollars at Circuit City, Staples, or Best Buys where I live. And then I bought a $30 charger with 4 batteries for it. But I did a search on the internet and found the camera for $209 (includes free shipping) from Harmony Computers. They are internet only based company.. so I ordered from them.
Here is the link:
http://www.shopharmony.com/product.asp?file=DEALTIME&i=NIKCP2100
I've never ordered from them before.. so if anyone is interested in getting one from them.. email me in like a week and i'll tell you how the service was. Hopefully it will be good because I bought my camera at CC for the $250 and they wouldn't match that price because I couldn't drive there, so I am returning that one and getting my money back. The one from Harmony should get here middle of next week.
Hope that helps.. if anyone has more questions just ask and I'll do what I can.. but I don't know much about digital cameras.. just the basics to look for. I know megapixels is good for printing, optical zoom is good for clear pictures, digital zoom distort it some, and macro mode is great for getting pictures of your reptiles closeup with good color and detail.
brandon
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Dragons by Nature
