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Posted by Tim Harrison Get yourself a lightweight tripod as well. They only weight a few hundred grams and are every bit as good as anti-shake. They make it easy to carry the camera around as well (except when it's raining). In my experience it isn't a good idea to but a digital SLR because I have found the need to change the lens in the field a great way to get dust, pollen and dirt ingress. I'm currently based in Oman, and dust is a guaranteed way to write off a D-SLR. Also it's not so easy to change the lens when you're clinging onto a mountain ledge somewhere in the Scottish Highlands and it's raining (once more, bitter personal experience). To be honest, unless you're looking to some really specialist photography (or like Peter are supporting a web-site) a compact will probably do the job for you. Try to buy towards the top end of the compact market and make sure it has a macro function, and read the camera magazines.
on 3/7/2007, 8:16 am, in reply to "Re: Digital cameras"
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I have a Fuji SX9500Zoom, which is great and has everything that I need (especially the two macro settings) but it has an ability to cope with purple in bright sunlight. This is a right royal pain, particularly with some species (e.g. Calystegia sepium subsp. roseata) where the pink is not so bright. I don't know where you can find out this sort of information as the review in some of the camera magazines never said anything about it. Mind you, I'm still pretty happy with the camera.
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