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Moral? Get a relatively inexpensive Nikon. You are not a professional photographer who needs a $1,000 camera or even a $500.00 camera.

Did I say $179.00?



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High megapixel cameras are for pros with access to high-end printing equipment. The Nikon Coolpix series of cameras take great pics, and 3 megapixel is plenty for catalog prints and way too much for web usage. Most people run about 1024x768 screen resolution, so even a 3 megapixel shot is 4x too big to show on screen and has to be reduced.

Take some of the money you would have put in a camera and invest in a decent tripod, then if you have any left put some into a lighting setup. Product shots are notoriously difficult to light, and digital cameras need a lot of light to really come alive with color and contrast.

'07 America '10 Thunderbird