Macro Photography

[johnny999]

Which camera is recommended for macro photos such as flowers, leaves, butterflies. I have been told the Nikon 4500 excels at this. Any opinions or advice would be welcome.

[checklg]

The CP4500 works very well in macro mode and will focus down to about 0.8 inches from your subject.

However you are unlikely to get that close to a butterfly, I'd say 12 to 18 inches depending on species and luck. Also, with lace-wings (ok an unlikely subject), the autofocus may not work.

In practice I've ended up using my CP4500 for beetles and ultra close-up, and my D100 for Butterflies.

Regards,
Graham.

[shene]

Originally Posted by johnny999

Which camera is recommended for macro photos such as flowers, leaves, butterflies. I have been told the Nikon 4500 excels at this. Any opinions or advice would be welcome.

If you can find a 4500, it is perhaps the best for flowers and leaves. For butterflies, depending on your experience and skill, a TC-E2 2X teleconverter may be needed. If the TC-E2 pushes you too far away, consider adding Nikon's #5T +1.5 or #6T +2.9 close up lens.

CK
http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam
Nikon Coolpix 950/990/995/2500/4500/5700 User Guide

[JimC]

Nikon sells factory reconditioned 4500's at a bargain price. You can get this camera for only $369.99 at Nikonmall. Here is the link:

http://www.nikonmall.com/product.asp...&searchcatid=3