I’ve begun to really enjoy making observations of smaller creatures, but I find I’m often very limited due to my current camera. It has a decent macro mode but it can’t quite get the details of really small things. What cameras would you suggest for macro photography?

I use an Olympus TG-5 Tough (although the TG-6 is out now) –> pretty cheap ($500-$600) –> microscope mode allowing focal length of 1cm –> focus stacking option –> usable underwater –> very simple to use, basically point and click

yep, I use the TG-5 too and can highly recommend it.

If you have a decent smartphone camera and don’t want to spend a ton immediately, you can get a lot of mileage out of a good clipon lens. I bought one for $40 (Xenvo pro lens kit on Amazon) and I’ve been amazed at what it can do. I do still want a real macro camera but this has taken a lot of the fr…

Would you recommend any accessories or do you think the camera is good enough by itself?

I have the FD-1 flash diffuser which is pretty good, but you can get great results with just the camera itself.

If you don’t wan’t to spend money, you can use a regular dslr camera and reverse the lens. The bad thing is that you have to hold the lens with your hand, but you can buy an adapter for reverse lens for less than 10$ (if you have a camera with fixed lenses, then this method will not work)

I use the camera by itself, but as Alexis said there is a flash diffuser available which I know gives good results

I’ve been using a Nikon Coolpix w300 point and shoot camera for my invertebrates. This is a drop-proof and waterproof camera that can take hefty abuse. It is also available in yellow for good visibility in case you drop it.

@bouteloua Just wondering is there some way to have a wiki for questions about cameras and lenses? it would be cool to have a go-to resource for questions about cameras and lenses and then have links to representative images. I’m thinking that this could also have info on geo referencing images as …

Good Macro Shot Camera?

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tiwane April 21, 2020, 6:56pm 7

There’s also this discussion about clip-on macro lenses for smartphones: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/macro-lenses-for-smartphone-cameras/9112/

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