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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Just Carl, post: 797488, member: 4552&quot;]Your on the wrong path sort of. The Aperture is the the size of the opening for light to enter the camera. Nothing really to do with how close you can get. The 36-108 mm is the type of close or distant image sort of. This means if 50mm is standard, the 36 is rather wide angle and the 108 is a sort of telephoto of about 2 power or double the image used on 35mm types of cameras. Your digital equal is the 6.3-18.9mm. Nothing here really tells you how close you really can get to the subject. </p><p>What your really looking for is simply the closeup ability which is noted as Macro. Some even reaonable cameras have more than one setting for Macro. I say reasonable, not cheap although basically the same. </p><p>One thing you could do is simply take a coin out of your pocket at the store where you are planning on purchasing a camera. Ask if you could check out the Macro abilities of a camera. Some stores like Walmart, Kmart, Best Buy and many others have numerous cameras out on display and many are testable right there. See how close you can get with those cameras. Almost any digital camera allows you to see what you can take a photo of. </p><p>For an example of a decently priced camera I nomally use a Fuji S7000 which has two Macro settings and can get to almost the lens touching the object. Also, is 12Megapixels, has two different cards, will take any Compact Flash and XD card. I also have a Cannon, Fuji S9000, several Samsungs, a Sanyo and few others and so far, none cost to much.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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