Hi Andrew,
With a digital SLR, what you see on the LCD comes directly through
the lens, so if the image is sharp, there's something else going on.
Are you using a good flash? With a quality strobe and even a simple
aluminum foil reflector, you can shoot at f-strops as small as f8 or
f16, thus assuring a good depth of field. I have an older Nikon 8700
and the photos are crisp and clear. A D80 should do even better. I
use my reading glasses when viewing the LCD and in general, never
have to go beyond autofocus except when shooting micros (which I stay
away from anyhow). All things considered, I'm shocked that you'd find
a D80 image unacceptable. I'd be happy to trade cameras with you. If
you go back and look at all the photos I shot for American
Conchologist, they were all shot with the 8700 except for the
earliest which were shot with a 2 megapixel Epson, yet even those
images were quite sharp.
Best regards,
Jim
On Mar 24, 2008, at 8:05 AM, Andrew Grebneff wrote:
>> Can anyone suggest a good internet shop for photographic equipment
>> in the US?
>> Is Amazon reliable with such items?
>> This is shell related! I am looking for a macro lens for my DSLR
>> camera for
>> taking pictures of shells!
>> Please reply privately to [log in to unmask]
>
> Make sure you get the right macro! I can't afford a macro, and the
> standard Nikkor 18-135 zoom is a poor substitute.
>
> I just bought a Nikon D80 DSLR in the hope of crisp images.In fact it
> does no better than my Konica Minolta DiMage A2 point-&-shoot...
> definitely not crisp; at 100% magnification tha imegas are fuzzy.
> It's not camera-shake... may be faulty autofocus (both cameras?), and
> the viewscreens in the KM were too low-resolution to focus manually;
> the TTL viewfinder of the Nikon is good enough, but doesn' make up
> for my short-sightedness and the national agent can't be bothered to
> tell me if the single optional viewfinder lens will do the trick...
> so I'm stuck with TWO shit cameras.
>
> Watch what you buy!!
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin
> New Zealand
> Fossil preparator
> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
> ‚ Opinions stated are mine, not those of Otago University
> "There is water at the bottom of the ocean" - Talking Heads
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