Budget friendly camera suggestion

[Shokoon8legs]

So hello everyone, what camera should I get? wanna get some awesome shots of my T's.

 

[SpookySpooder]

What's your budget and skill level

 

[Shokoon8legs]

What's your budget and skill level

My budget is around 100 to 200 (USD) and well I do have experience in taking photography so let's say intermediate. I do have an old Nikon D600 and currently a Sony W810.

 

[SpookySpooder]

I am not a pro by any means. I take amateur photos with whatever I've got... but I'm looking at a used Nikon D5500/5600 with Tokina macro (or anything similar really) on eBay just to take macro shots of my T's. Buuuut it's kinda pricey so I might just buy more T's and stick to my camera phone.

I recall somebody mentioning all you really need is a Nikon D90 and a good macro lense, but as an ignorant amateur I couldn't tell you why or why not.

Here are some resources for you. Perhaps one of the camera-literate members can point you in the right direction.

An old link posted by another member

Best camera for Macro Photography 'out of the box'

Morning! Love taking snaps of my T's, potentially the most enjoyable part of keeping them IMO. I'm based in UK, and would love a recommendation for a camera, digital or SLR, that can get me some half-decent Macro images without me tinkering too much with additional lenses and editing...

arachnoboards.com

 

[Shokoon8legs]

I am not a pro by any means. I take amateur photos with whatever I've got... but I'm looking at a used Nikon D5500/5600 with Tokina macro (or anything similar really) on eBay just to take macro shots of my T's. Buuuut it's kinda pricey so I might just buy more T's and stick to my camera phone.

I recall somebody mentioning all you really need is a Nikon D90 and a good macro lense, but as an ignorant amateur I couldn't tell you why or why not.

Here are some resources for you. Perhaps one of the camera-literate members can point you in the right direction.

An old link posted by another member

Best camera for Macro Photography 'out of the box'

Morning! Love taking snaps of my T's, potentially the most enjoyable part of keeping them IMO. I'm based in UK, and would love a recommendation for a camera, digital or SLR, that can get me some half-decent Macro images without me tinkering too much with additional lenses and editing...

arachnoboards.com

Thanks!!

 

[viper69]

You are absolutely crazy if you think you need another camera!

Btw- budget friendly - useless term

 

[Shokoon8legs]

You are absolutely crazy if you think you need another camera!

Btw- budget friendly - useless term

Been thinking or maybe I will just buy a lens

 

[Biollantefan54]

Been thinking or maybe I will just buy a lens

The camera you have is absolutely fine for macro photos of your tarantulas, I used that exact one for years. The lens is the important part. The lenses I have experience with don’t fit in your price range but maybe adding some snap on macro lenses to an existing lens would help?

 

[Shokoon8legs]

The camera you have is absolutely fine for macro photos of your tarantulas, I used that exact one for years. The lens is the important part. The lenses I have experience with don’t fit in your price range but maybe adding some snap on macro lenses to an existing lens would help?

Yeah might do that, is the Raynox dcr-250 super macro snap-on lens good?

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

You are absolutely crazy if you think you need another camera!

Btw- budget friendly - useless term

I just use my phone I don’t have money for a camera or a pc to hook it up to.

My budget is around 100 to 200 (USD) and well I do have experience in taking photography so let's say intermediate. I do have an old Nikon D600 and currently a Sony W810.

Good luck finding something that cheap , prices people are wanting here for used stuff is Rediculous…

 

[Dry Desert]

I just use my phone I don’t have money for a camera or a pc to hook it up to.

Good luck finding something that cheap , prices people are wanting here for used stuff is Rediculous…

Agree with you about current prices.

To @Shokoon8legs . If you have Nikon D600 purchase a Nikon Film macro lens, as Nikon retained the lens mount so Film lens can be mounted on digital cameras.
You will obviously loose auto focus and will have to be focused manually.

Quality macro photography requires a good firm tripod and careful manual focusing to achieve best results anyway.

 

[viper69]

If you’re serious about Macro make sure it is has a mag ratio of 1:1

 

[Shokoon8legs]

I just use my phone I don’t have money for a camera or a pc to hook it up to.

Good luck finding something that cheap , prices people are wanting here for used stuff is Rediculous…

I found a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro Lens that is cheap (second hand) within the budget (100$ to 200$). But not on this site.

 

[Dry Desert]

I found a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro Lens that is cheap (second hand) within the budget (100$ to 200$). But not on this site.

Sigma lens are very good and their EX range is their top range, just make sure it is Nikon fit as they made their lenses for all popular cameras

 

[The Snark]

I'm getting very curious how many technicians working on micro electronics have been cannibalizing old phone cameras and making them work in conjunction with their microscopes.

 

[Dry Desert]

I'm getting very curious how many technicians working on micro electronics have been cannibalizing old phone cameras and making them work in conjunction with their microscopes.

I used to use the Canon F1n system, obviously lens prices depended on lens quality.

However when digital first took off and digital users realised that the very high quality manual focus lens would fit their diggy cameras, sometimes needing an adapter, watch the price of manual focus lens go through the roof.

I ended up not being able to upgrade to the pro range of lenses because the diggies were pushing the prices up and " snapping" them up.

Due to now needing auto focus, I now use Minolta FILM cameras with the first generation all metal auto focus lens, superb lenses,
and let the doggies with the plastic specials get on with it.

PS.

I purchased 3 separate
Sony A700's ,sold all three after a very short boring venture into the diggy world.

For " Mickey mouse stuff I use my phone that has 45 mgpx. plenty enough for everyday shots.

 

[Kada]

Personally i find film alone to be cost prohibitive. A more expensive digital will save money on developing pretty quick. I really like the canon 100mm 2.8 macro lense. Not super crazy expensive and excellent quality

 

[Dry Desert]

Personally i find film alone to be cost prohibitive. A more expensive digital will save money on developing pretty quick. I really like the canon 100mm 2.8 macro lense. Not super crazy expensive and excellent quality

With digital you are a slave to your computer.
This is where digital manipulation,file storage etc. takes place, all on the computer and at the end of the day what you've got is thousands of digital files that will probably never be looked at again.
You could print some of if you have a printer, ink ,and decent quality paper.
Or you could rely on these online services of dubious quality.
I can have my prints, plus negatives, plus CD' s all returned within a week processed by top quality labs, and have something tangible to look at and hold while you are still trying to " adjust " some of your images so they look closer to photos.
Nikon even had Film quality programmes built into their top end digital cameras software.
Digital is not photography, it's officially classed as " digital capture ".

Just remember where digital stemmed from.

 

[TheDarkFinder]

1.) careful at 105 for 200 is sus.

2.) https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...on_1991_macro_60mm_f_2_8_af.html/?smpm=bu_ull
Good lens for good price. Old and used but will work. From bhphoto so not a direct rip off.

As for film. https://newatlas.com/photography/im-back-digital-film-roll/ its back

 

[Dry Desert]

1.) careful at 105 for 200 is sus.

2.) https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...on_1991_macro_60mm_f_2_8_af.html/?smpm=bu_ull
Good lens for good price. Old and used but will work. From bhphoto so not a direct rip off.

As for film. https://newatlas.com/photography/im-back-digital-film-roll/ its back

What a load of BS.

35 mm Film is rated at around 45 megapixels anyway, even higher if using medium or large format equipment.