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Good camera for modeling

My wife gave me a Nikon D40X for Christmas. I find it is a great camera for modeling. It came with a Nikor 18-55mm lens, which I find a good lens for model photography. Many macro lenses are macro only on the longest (most zoomed) focal length. This little lens is macro at ALL focal lengths. Long (telephoto) focal lengths compress depth, while wide angle expands depth. I like to take model photos a bit wider than normal perspective.

Ordinarily I use a regular zoom plus add a "closeup" lens. With this lens I do not need to do that. Just zoom in to set the focus, then zoom out to the focal length I want and the lens holds focus.

So if you are looking for a new camera for modeling, get one of the D40x kits with that lens.

Reply to
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
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All of the Nikons have outstanding macro modes - I use a Coolpix S-6 now, and a 995 before that. Even those are great for shooting models.

Reply to
Rufus

For an equally good camera, with the same lens and about $200 cheaper ... the Nikon D40 (without the x) is a wonderful camera.

If I get some free time in the next couple of days, I'll post some macro photos I took with my sony cybershot (point and shoot) & similar photos from the D40. The difference is astonishing.

An excellent website talking all about the D40 and the D40x and other cameras ...

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Reply to
John McGrail

I've been very pleased with my Canon PowerShot A620. Can focus at 1cm from the subject. Pretty cheap camera that's easy to learn to use too.

By the way... if you're ever working on something and want to find any flaws, use a digital in macro mode; it'll blow the model up to many times its original dimensions. Including the flaws.

Heartless devices, they are.

--- Stephen

Reply to
Stephen Tontoni

Yep, they sure are! I don't know how many seams I've had to redo after looking at one of those macro shots.

Reply to
Don McIntyre

Rufus wrote in news:%Cjqj.18293$9j6.12124@attbi_s22:

The beauty of the little Point and Shoot cameras is that due to their small sized sensors, they have an extremely large depth of field, even without stopping the lens down. This is one reason why they're so good for scale model photographs. The downside to this is the sometimes ordinary image quality, especially when you look at the new 12mp sensors.

RobG (the Aussie one)

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RobG

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