I have used both magnifiers and microscopes with my fuji mx-1200 digital
camera.  This camera then works well with objects in the .5 to 1 cm range.
It takes a lot of trial and error to get the focus right, but the results
can be very interesting.

As for digital zoom, if the data is not there to begin with, it will not be
there after any form of digital processing. the best way is to get the
highest quality photo possible, and work down from there.

If anyone would like to see examples of photos that i have taken, write me
off list

Thomas Clenche
Petley, Random Island, Newfoundland
http://community.webshots.com/user/tclenche


>From: "Paolo G. Albano" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: digital camera - Macro
>Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:32:56 +0200
>
>Has any of you experience in taking photos of micro shells with a digital
>camera and in enlarging the specimen with the digital zoom after having
>taken
>it at high definition? Would it be enough for taking photos of less than 1
>cm
>specimens with a 5 Mpixel camera?
>Thank you,
>Paolo
>
>P.S.: thanks to those who responded to my previous question.

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