Diana, take a look at the Canon PowerShot series. I have the A40, with 2M pixels and find it great for in the garden. Sure, it could do closer close-ups, etc., but the bees knees are not my subject, usually! Jamie V. Cologne ----- Original Message ----- From: "diana chapman" <rarebulbs@earthlink.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 5:13 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Digital cameras > Hi Jim: > > Many thanks for the advice. I am NOT experienced with photography, and I am > not likely to get interested. I just want photographs of my plants, so I > absolutely don't want the high-end cameras. I did have a Koolpix 4000 for a > short while, and found it quite terrifying. I really want something easy to > use. Taking pictures of pollen grans or the hairs on a bee's leg isn't what > I want, but I do want to get within two to three inches and get a good > picture. For me, I need something that is not bulky, easy to understand and > easy to use otherwise I won't use it. When I was young I bought a good > camera to take on multi-day rock climbs to get photographs of the > spectacular settings, I took it twice and it stayed in the haul bag almost > all of the time. I never used it again. > > Best. > > Diana > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >