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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 394763, member: 13650&quot;]I use a Canon S3&nbsp; powershot.&nbsp; You have a little more control with it than a point and shoot but it&#039;s not as expensive as a SLR (Rebel XT, etc.)&nbsp; Guys in my reef forum convinced me to get it.&nbsp; It&#039;s a larger camera.&nbsp; You can&#039;t stick it in your pocket but it also has a larger lens to gather more light.&nbsp; It is 6 megapixel and 12x zoom.&nbsp; I usually use it on manual mode and set the custom white balance before taking a shot.&nbsp; (It can just be a point and shoot when you want it to be though)</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I purchased a wide angle lens for it off ebay for about 50 bucks.&nbsp; It has a macro lens that unscrews off the back and you can use by itself, on the attachment over your normal lens.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The camera by itself doesn&#039;t focus well in macro mode in my experience.&nbsp; So when I take a pic of a coin, like the one in my avatar, I go by a window in the middle of the day and use natural light whenever possible.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I set a white sheet of paper down, go to custom white balance, focus on the paper, press set and now colors are true for that given light, at that time.&nbsp; (If you wait 5 minutes, the light has changed and you should do it again.)&nbsp; This works much better than your cameras auto WB.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Then I attach the macro lens (without the wide angle), hit the macro button once, zoom where I want it, then hold the manual focus and adjust.&nbsp; If it isn&#039;t quite right (or there isn&#039;t enough adjustment), I can back the camera up slowly or drop it down until the coin shows up perfectly clear on the screen.&nbsp; Depress half way to let the camera do it&#039;s final focus, then snap the picture.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Then I&#039;ll put the picture on photobucket and edit.&nbsp; The autofix is incredible and takes a lot of the haze off my pics, making them look much better.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;If you want any more info, shoot me a pm.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Edit:&nbsp; &nbsp; It has the IS (image stabilizer) also which prevents blurring a picture if your hands are shaking.&nbsp; And it uses 4 AA&#039;s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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