spec me a camera

Jet · 7 Oct 2006 at 21:26

i am a dental techologist ad take fotos of peoples teeth [i know wierd]
what would be a good camera in the £400 approx price range bearing in mind my son says im a noob !

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 7 Oct 2006 at 21:36

sounds to me like you just want a DSLR body with a macro lens and ring flash

If thats all your doing then I advise an entry level Dslr with something like a Canon 100mm Macro F2.8 or Sigma 105mm F2.8 (depending on brand of system you enter into.

Plus a ring flash.

Jet · 7 Oct 2006 at 21:42

how much do you think for a dslr with ring flash then?

cyKey · 7 Oct 2006 at 22:00

Wouldn't an xray work better?

King_Boru · 7 Oct 2006 at 22:01

You dont need a DSLR. A compact with a "Super Macro" mode will suffice.

King.

[OZ] · 7 Oct 2006 at 22:36

Fstop11 said:
If thats all your doing then I advise an entry level Dslr with something like a Canon 100mm Macro F2.8 or Sigma 105mm F2.8 (depending on brand of system you enter into.

Plus a ring flash.

For £400? I don't think so. A decent compact with a macro facility will do the job nicely.

Jet · 7 Oct 2006 at 22:46

cyKey said:
Wouldn't an xray work better?

Very droll luckily im only photographing the outside!

Jet · 7 Oct 2006 at 22:51

is the sony cyber shot H5 a good bet?

Mundu · 8 Oct 2006 at 21:09

Jet said:
is the sony cyber shot H5 a good bet?

If you're going down the compact route I'd say go for a A700 with 1cm macro focus range. Great for macro shots and can be had for £180. It should be perfectly acceptable for you.