Is this a good choice of camera for taking indoor close-up shots of jewelry...what lighting set up would it need?
1556822
Yes, it is excellent! The Pro Low Light setting when using Macro mode makes it a snap for indoor close up shots!
1556823
Yes. It has two Macro modes, Macro and Super Macro which allows close-ups to 1/2" away from the object. As for photographing jewelry you should use a lighting tent like the one in this link: http://www.alzodigital.com/online_store/Alzo_100_macro_studio.htm. This camera rules after you learn the features. Lastly, I would buy the Kingston Model FCR-HS3 Card Reader because this camera requires SDHC media cards NOT SD Cards. I use the SanDisk Extreme Pro 32 GB SDHC Class 10 UHS-1 Flash Memory Card 95MB/s SDSDXPA-032G-AFFP. It's Ultra fast!!! Good luck.
1556824
I didn't do any close up photos with this, but it does have nice quality photos.
893425
Depends on how well lit the "inside" is at the moment the photos are taken. I'd used it in museums where no flash was allowed, and had to increase the ISO to about 1600 to get clear shots. Photos taken at ISO 1600 on this camera is acceptably good with a bit of noise but not too bad. Also, do use a faster lens with a wider aperture, such as the Panasonic 20mm F1.7 pancake lens.
1400748
It is excellent with standard lighting inside a home. Use the Scene Mode selection to adjust for low lighting. If you really need a light, purchase a camcorder battery powered light, attach it to the bottom of the camera.
879689
it takes good pictures indoors for close up pictures. it comes with a flash but the pictures come out good even with room lighting.
939834
I take a lot of photos indoors and this works well. You might have to experiment a bit with angles to avoid shadows from the flash but it's pretty easy to manage once you try a few shots. I would also suggest using a free online photo editor if you are just starting out with photography. PicMonkey is free, easy to use, and can really help clean up photos, as well as boost colors, sharpness, etc. You can crop, lighten, add frames, etc.
407527
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.
1023115
It has a good close up setting - I use it to take macro shots and they turn out well. The details are sharp and clear for my use but the macros my daughter takes with her inter-changeable lens camera would fall under the category of professional.
1388015
Can not answer that. I use it for my jewelry picture taking and it works extreme well for me.
1447896
Thanks, Spanky, for the info. The camera arrived the other day and it's awesome. As a matter of fact, I took some closeup shots this morning of a silver dollar, with the camera mounted on a minipod and room lighting. They turned out great. BTW, I used the iA setting.
710084
It has worked fine for me indoors, even without a flash, as long as I am not too far from my subject. If in a theater, with hundreds of heads bobing and weaving in front of you, the camera is not going to be able to auto focus, if you don't have a clear unobstructed view on the subject to lock the auto focus. But in those cases I have gone to manual focus with good results.
31101
i am pretty happy with the auto-focus mode, and that might adapt to the different lighting... additionally, I find it much easier to switch "scenes" on this one than my older S4 Coolpix. I have not tried anything indoors at concert type venues, so I can't give you a good answer on that.
1271071
I haven't taken any photographs of jewellery , but I can say that it has a reasonably good macro mode. It also works well in low lights (especially in the EXR mode).
2234737
I tested it indoors and quality was fine. I imagine quality in daylight is better than artificial light...just like most cameras.
2117559
The built in flash is okay for occasional use. If you plan to do a lot of indoor flash photography, you may want to get an external flash. I have a GX1 and have not bothered to buy one but I don't shoot a lot indoors and when I do it tends to be table-top photography of small items and I use separate lighting system for that. There are several relatively inexpensive external flash units for GX1 that get pretty good reviews if you choose to buy one. Hope this helps you out.
2217365
I used it to photograph jewelry and it worked well-especially for the price.
835234
I can't say as how well it would work for interior real estate photos as I use it for landscapes, which it is great for, it is not a fast lens, f3.5-4.5, so you mite need another light source for interior work.
1420059
I think it will fit your needs. In fact, we bought this camera to take picture of our home, it came out well. Even the pictures in low light turned out good. I am not an experienced photographer as well, so you can use this like a point and shoot