We love our Nikon Coolpix 990...had to make a purchase under a $1000, but we wanted as much flexibility with possible and the highest resolutions/largest file sizes possible.  It's a 3 megapixel camera, takes uncompressed 300 dpi .tiff files (if you want), and allows you to change
white balance, f-stop, shutter speed, etc.  Easy to use, too!

Tim

Margaret Tamulonis wrote:

> Dear listers:
>
> I have been happily researching digital cameras to find one best suited for
> our use: good color images of museum objects (including paintings), for
> attaching to database records as well as for posting to our web site.
> While I know there are lots of digital-camera specific sites and discussion
> groups, I really appreciate the opinions of the folks on this Museum list
> -- so does anyone have any particular favorite digital cameras that are
> great for object photography? Any horror stories?  Thanks, as always, for
> your input and support,
>
> Margaret Tamulonis
> Database Manager
> The Fleming Museum
> University of Vermont
>
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