Best Nikon for macro photography?

[Jochen]

Hi,

A friend of mine is looking for a good all-round camera, but it must be especially good at macro photography.

So, which one would you choose? Nikon? Or another brand?

Thanks,

J.

 

[Kiran L.]

Nikon is generally considered the best at Macro, the coolpix 995 and 5000 can get as close as 2cm. Ricoh is also pretty good at macro, and the upcoming fuji finepix S602Z has a super macro mode as close as 1cm.

Hi,

A friend of mine is looking for a good all-round camera, but it
must be especially good at macro photography.

So, which one would you choose? Nikon? Or another brand?

Thanks,

J.

 

[Alfred]

nikon 950/990/995

do a search for "macro" here

take care
alfred

Hi,

A friend of mine is looking for a good all-round camera, but it
must be especially good at macro photography.

So, which one would you choose? Nikon? Or another brand?

Thanks,

J.

 

[Mathias Vejerslev]

Nikon 995 is king as far as I am concerned.

http://www.2morrow.dk/75ppi/coolpix/

Mathias

do a search for "macro" here

take care
alfred

Hi,

A friend of mine is looking for a good all-round camera, but it
must be especially good at macro photography.

So, which one would you choose? Nikon? Or another brand?

Thanks,

J.

 

[Baywing]

The Nikon CP 990/995 are prbably the best on the market. I have the 990 and it gets me into places my 35mm can't go. I've gotten great hand held shots, too, I'll have to try a tripod one of these days!

 

[Ken.]

Nikon 995 is king as far as I am concerned.

How does the 5000 compare to the 995 as far as macros?

 

[Thomas Bauer]

here's a neat image of a locust strait out of my coolpix 995
http://www.ycsphoto.com/locust.jpg--*******Thomas*******http://www.ycsphoto.com

 

[John F Gerhardt]

Mathias, great shots! You sure must like bugs!

What lens were you using?

http://www.2morrow.dk/75ppi/coolpix/

Mathias

do a search for "macro" here

take care
alfred

Hi,

A friend of mine is looking for a good all-round camera, but it
must be especially good at macro photography.

So, which one would you choose? Nikon? Or another brand?

Thanks,

J.

 

[Darren Rickett]

Here's a similar shot - also 995, straight out of the camera. With this one I used the built-in flash which is the main reason for posting this one ... so you can see what happens with macro/flash from the 995.

http://www.pbase.com/image/1137055

Then ...
http://www.pbase.com/image/1136997

is a dead cockroach, laid out on a piece of photocopier paper, with lighting from a large nearby window (also straight out of the camera)

and finally ...
http://www.pbase.com/image/1125943
is one of my favourite flower shots (again, straight out of the camera).

Darren

here's a neat image of a locust strait out of my coolpix 995