Digital cameras.

[sxereturn]

Scott - For your information, it's a species of skink from the genus Carlia. I can't tell you what species as I'd have to catch it and do a scale count and examination etc...it's a male of breeding age, though.

 

[matty_2004]

Jonno,

I would have spoken to you on MSN earlier but hey - it's fecked.

I have a FujiFilm S700/S700Z and it kicks arse. I've been told by so many photographers that for the 1000 mark it is the best out there. I use it for the same things you do and i can't complain one bit, just check out the specs of it, for that price and specs nothing else compares.

Not only does it take wicked close ups, it does even better at other shots (ie: riding).


Here's a photo i took of Fred (one of my Beardies) - still a fair distance away from him [considering the full macro range is like 3-1cm, don't worry there are 3 macro settings], through glass, and aimed at the light, and the photo is seriously resized !

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/Matty_2004/Design/freddylargecrop.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/Matty_2004/Design/freddylarge.jpg


It's a great camera.

 

[cam-o]

Nice photo, but more importantly, that's a f#ckin cool lizard!

 

[Chieftain]

Maybe for $1K you could find a used Minolta Dimage A1? They've been out a while now, so maybe you'll get lucky in the Trading Post or something. It's only a 5MP but really, unless u're gonna print posters, i reckon that's more than enough if you have a big memory card.

Good thing is that it's got a manual focus ring, and the macro's up to 3cm.

The batteries are also much better than the old Z series ones, they actually last quite a fair bit.