cameras

[dmreptiles]

what camera and lense do you use to get good eye shots?

 

[lepgeckosrock]

about any dig camera and alot of luck

 

[paulnj]

most compact digitals have a macro mode that focuses down to extremely close. If you want to get into the DSLR realm.... you are looking at $1000- 1200 for a decent DSLR and a brand name shoet macro lens. I would suggest a nikon, sony, canon digital P&S and crop down the images as needed.

luck is not needed(but helps sometimes), proper technique, lighting , angle and knowing your subject is the key to ALL photographic situations.

 

[bubblez825]

Paul said it , alothough I use a cheap $100 Polaroid camera and i have gotten some great shots. Mine has a macro lens, but i need alot of luck to get the geckos in a place where i can focus and sometimes one shot takes 30+ seconds, but they still work and turn out ok

 

[Kirksherps]

what i do is take a picture and then crop it to capture just the eye. i think in that case the key is megapixles. Kirk

 

[liljenn]

Huh, I wondered how everyone took such nice pics!! I've been SO disappointed with my pics & haven't posted much because of it! (I also need to practice with my camera more...)

Thanks for the info!

 

[Mel&Keith]

A lot of it has to do with practice. If you're using a point and shoot camera set it to the Large/Fine pixel setting. Most have that focal setting that decides which part of the frame to focus on on it's own (like, a face finder or something) so disable that feature if you can. If it lets you choose the focal point (the little red square in the view finder that shows where you're focusing) then you can center it on the eye and get it in focus.