Is this a good camera for distance and up close. Want to take (close-up_ pictures of my dogs.
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The camera is a good camera for close ups and distance....the resolution is amazing!
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I had this camera for almost a year. I was happy with he shots but the low light quality is terrible. I had a lens with capability of f1.8. In low light the pictures still turned out bad if the iso was above 400. I sold this camera and bought a canon 40D. But if you still haven't decided (which you probably already have since this was from May) I would recommend Nikon's update camera, the d3100.
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No. It's not a good camera. Battery dies within hours (really), it's cluttered with bad software. They tried to make a camera that also worked like a smartphone. It runs android, apps and all, but doesn't have the processing power or memory to run anything smoothly. Camera operation is slower than my 10 year old digital camera. I was surprised by how bad this is, given what I'd come to expect from Nikon. Good luck finding something else.
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Yes, its a very good choice for bird photos. I also have a D810, but I use the D7100 because of the 1.4X factor for my bird photography.
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This is one of the best cameras out there. This is a professional level camera, so you can do just about anything with it. Now if you want to take really close-ups buy a micro lens...the details will blow you away....
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Low light pictures are excellent with this camera. I took a couple of pictures with my dog walking around under low light without flash. They came out fine
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..this camera has very nice Zoom, i use it at work all the time.. as with any cam or scope the longer the focal length the smaller the field of view, and, the harder it is to keep the subject in that FOV.. btw this cam also does Macro images very well, for a point and shoot cam im happy with it.. the Android OS just makes it that much better..
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Yes, this is a great camera for anything outside of sports photography. The frame rate is not the best out their but I shoot wedding and portraits with my DF with no issue.
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Hi, This camera does excellent close ups. See my photos at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/erictessmer/Good luck in choosing your camera.
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It is an awesome camera. I love mine. Takes very good close ups as well. Good detail. Best digital camera I have had so far!! Good luck on Ebay.
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Barry/Richard,I'm still having a heck of a time trying to get a decent snapshot of my dog indoors with typical family room lighting ( not dark but not bright either ) with the S8000. If he so much as wiggles his tail, all is a blur. With higher ISOs I don't expect much sharpness. Faster shutter leads to very dark pics. What am I missing? Do I have to use flash - a tripod is out since he won't sit still that long.Thanks guys,Tony
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Not bad, I would suggest going to the more expensive no-flash if you can afford it? If not this is a great camera for the money, I had one mature deer get spooked from the leds firing. Takes nice pics, make sure you go with a 4gb or bigger card and what Browning recommends for sd cards.
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I have it set up on my garage and it takes a picture every time my dog moves in his pen. Its 14ft high angled down and the pen is about 100 ft away. I have pics of cats about 50ft behind the dog but I don't know if the dog or cat triggered the camera.
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hi Holly, honestly this camera was buyed by my mother in law, i highly recomended her to buy another brand, lumix by the way. What i think about nikon is that is a very triky brand, too complicated sometimes, mostly for amateur users (like me), so in that matter, i´m agree on somethings Joseph said about it.finally, to answer your question, in general is not a bad camera but i rather another brand, thats personal, but if i buy any kind and it comes with any issue, i definitly wouldn´t buy it again, even of the same brand
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I use it to take pictures of puppies. I think it would work perfect for what you are trying to do.
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My wife thinks this is an awesome camera, and I'm such a good husband for getting it for her. She is using it indoors for her eBay pictures, so to answer your question directly, yes we find it suitable. I've taken closeup pictures of things just a couple of inches away, thus it has a macro capability for very close work. My wife is very pleased with her FinePix, and had been grabbing it instead of her Canon SLR frequently.
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It is great at taking ultra close up photos. You have to use the camera zoomed back to wide angle which is no big deal. You can shoot and area of about two inches wide by 1.5 in high. Great camera overall too. Feel free to contact me if you have further questions. Jim R. MPC