Need Help Selecting Right Digital Camera

[Prospector]

I have owned a couple of digital cameras I got off ebay. The last was a slimline with telephoto lens. It took great pics, but was droped and now stays on the record mode all the time. I buy and sell things on ebay, and need another camera. Both of the cameras I have owned took great pictures, but if I tried to photo up close pics of small items like coins and rings, they turned out a little blurry. What kind of camera do I need to be able to photograph and download coins, rings and other such sized items, as well as larger ones? I don't want to spend a lot of money, but need to know what kind of digital model(s) would work.

 

[Tom/Cocoa]

Not sure what to say since the selection of cameras are so huge. I would stick with a name brand with macro capiabilities. I think most any of them are going to be nice cameras.

 

[Sodbuster27]

Cheapest way to get macro capabilities is to buy an advanced point and shoot and get close up filters for the lens. But that is difficult with some of the point and shoot models as their display isn't really the best for that viewing.

Your next bet is to go SLR. Then you can get a specific lens for the camera that offers macro capabilities. Or, again, you can get the close up rings for the lens. But with an SLR, pretty much what you see in the viewfinder is what you get. Much easier to do critical focusing as well.

You could go for an older Canon or Nikon SLR, say the 20D for Canon and get a decent macro lens pretty cheap. (here it depends on what you want to spend as well).

Just my 2cents.

Sodbuster