On Sun, 01 Apr 2012 07:44:03 -0500, Ignoramus10987
wrote:

On 2012-04-01, Adam wrote:
On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:47:43 -0500, Ignoramus20530 wrote:

I will need, therefore, to buy a second camera. I am looking for
something heavy duty, as in:

1) Something that would not fall apart from taking up to 500 pictures
per day
2) A camera that does not take a long time to recharge flash 3) A
relatively sturdy camera
4) Camera that is good for photographing "things", like lathe chucks and
electrical fuses, for example.
5) Camera that does a good job with minimum fuss in the hands of
non-professional photographers.

Personally I would just get a cheap camera aimed at people looking to
take a few snaps of their holidays. Spend $50 tops. It should meet all
of your requirements.

Yes you could spend some money on proper lighting, special macro lenses
and all that ******** but you should consider whether any of your buyers
will really give a **** about whether there's shadows cast because you
used an in-built flash. They won't.

And do you want to spend serious money on something that will be used
over and over by different people and more likely to get damaged?


I am paying them by the hour. If they have to stand around and wait
for the flash to recharge, pictures to get processed by slow CPU, etc,
it will be expensive for me.

The quality of pictures does matter, not in the sense of photo art,
but in the sense of conveying what is being sold and creating a good
impression.


All the more reason to avoid using flash if possible.

Avoid $50 cameras because you do not have any control over the
exposure. Get a camera with independent control of aperture and
exposure time as well as exposure compensation so reflection off a
white wall does not swamp the dark object in front of it

For small stuff macro mode is a must as well as tripping the shutter
without touching the camera on a tripod (I do not have a cable so I
use a 2-second timer).

A light box for small items is highly desirable. You don't need to
spend a ton. I made mine for about $5:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2768312...7625011848457/

I use a Cannon A720IS. My previous camera was also a Cannon. I like
the option of both non-rechargeable and rechargeable batteries.

Pictures get edited in Irfanview.

Michael Koblic,
Campbell River, BC