Andrew, for shells larger than 10mm, I use a Nikon Coolpix 990.  Ebay 990's
are very reasonable.  Autofocus is very acceptable.
I us photoshop to reduce image size to 4 inches vertical and resolution from
72 to 400.

I will send a couple of images direct to you.

Kind regards, Sid Sneidar

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From: "Andrew Grebneff" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 2:05 AM
Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Photographic equipment

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