On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 2:54 AM, RussellMc wrote: > In December I mentioned acquiring a Sony A77 camera. > 24 MP APSC (aka digital 35mm halfframe) > > I still want a D700 (and probably not a D800 that has now shown itself as > having a 36 MP!!! FF sensor. > > The A77 24 MP APSC is not too bad considering. > But about 5 - 10 times more noisy than a D700. > Give it anything like normal light and it is impressive. > > > Here's a Dandelion flower in my back yard. > If looking, viewing the full res version expanded is compulsory. > Otherwise it's just a picture of a 'flower head' > 'Pretty stunning' resolution. > Probably about as good a subject as any for a resolution demo. > Except, perhaps, hair. > > http://bit.ly/Dan-de-Lion > > full res version via 'arrow in tray'at top right of photo. > > > Russell > > > > Wow, very nice indeed. I have recently been learning a bit about photography for some user manual pics I'm trying to do at the moment, I can see I have some way to go yet... :-) So I have a question: Is there a cheapish half decent "general purpose" camera you (or anyone else) can recommend? It will be almost entirely for product photos (bar the odd picture of the cat doing something stupid...) so I'm particularly interested in macro capabilities for PCBs, and ease of use for taking quick quality pics (I must have taken about 200 pictures the other day just to get ~10 images I was satisfied with) Also, anyone know of some good sources of info on general setup, lighting and suchlike? --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .