Re: OT: cameras for iris close-ups

Dear Patricia,
I have  Fuji zoom camera that blinks when it cannot  focus. As long as  everything you want is inside the box it shows up in the picture. I love it. The only pictures that come out a little wrong for color are some, not all, of the blues and purples. On daylilies some of the blacks show up the base color that the eye does not normally see. Most colors ar very true.

I bought this camera from Wal-mart. the man behind the counter told me he recommended it for flowers. I have found that most of the pictures I have taken of people are real good also. It seems to catch their natural coloring with little glare. It also has a backlit feature that shows the sun through a flowers petals while still showing the right color. I have found that it is important to make sure the flash is off. The flash is only needed an hour after dark outside and is usually not good for any inside pictures. I always use Fuji film with it. It is pretty much designed for those of us that point and shoot. The only other camera I had real good luck with was an old Brownie. They no longer make that type of film.

Hope this helps. Wendy
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: pbrooks@whidbey.net 
  To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 4:37 PM
  Subject: [iris-talk] OT: cameras for iris close-ups


  Last year I bought an expensive (to me) camera to take portraits of 
  my lovelies, especially to have them in good detail to plan next 
  season's crosses over the winter.

  I showed no sense and didn't develop the pics till I'd taken most of 
  them.  And was devastated to find that those zoomed close-ups were 
  neither the full bloom clearly shown in the camera's lens frame nor 
  in focus.  (Any little disposable cheapy has auto focus!)

  So I'm going to cut my losses and buy another camera on layaway from 
  a more knowledgeable dealer.  Does anyone have a camera they've found 
  excellent for this purpose?  I can't afford a digital, nor a scanner, 
  but I want perfect color to work toward the pinks I want, as well as 
  my other hybridizing goals.

  Patricia Brooks
  Whidbey Island, WA


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