Re: [OT] Digital Camera

damosan@comcast.net wrote:

> So my question to your listers with digitals: I need a DC which is
capable of taking close ups but doesn't cost and arm and a leg. 
Suggestions?

Ricoh RDC 300 (old, will be 2nd hand).
Bad bits - resolution 640x480
Good bits - focusses down to 1 cm : a 25mm torso fills the frame. A 
stand of 5 infantry on a GW 2cm x 2cm base fills the frame, and you can 
see the faces very well.

As a general purpose camera, time has passed it by. For close ups, still

better than most modern cameras.

Ricoh RDC 7 appears to have the same 1cm macro closeup capability, plus 
2048 x 1346 pixel resolution (!) RDC 1700 likewise.

AFAIK Ricoh make the very best cameras for close-ups. 1 cm is 0.4
inches.

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