Hi everyone,
I am sure there must be a thread on here somewhere. Which is a good camera for entomology? Currently own a Panasonic TZ1.

Thankyou in advance.

Paul

Most point and clicks with a macro setting and high resolution are fine, the main thing is to eliminate shaking the camera when you're taking a close up. Get a Tesco tripod for about twelve quid and a bright light, set the self timer on the camera and you're away.
Prepare yourself for binning 95% of the shots as the subject inevitably moves, to counter this refrigerate the specimen for a few mins to slow them down.
Sedges seem immune to this, they either look dead and take a really bad photo or revive and zoom off. Most winged aquatic insects seem to share that characteristic up to a point.
Nymphs can be stunned with fizzy water to get a good shot, the co2 does that but leaves small bubbles on the nymph, spacey but not realistic.

Any cheapo photo edit software enables you to zoom and crop the image to remove the dull peripherals, mess about with lighten shadows and darken highlights to get the best out of the shots.

It all gets pricey when you go up a gear from this point - SLR and macro lenses - is it worth it!

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Thanks for that DB, some good guidance there.

Paul

Depends on your budget i guess.
I would love a Canon 1ds with a Canon mp-e 65mm lens and an mt 24ex flash with stofen diffusers. Unfortunately though i cant justify that sort of money.
You could get a cheap dslr and use some of the cheaper techniques for photomacrography.

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