Best Digital Cameras
for Photographing Jewelry

1) Macro mode - The macro mode on a digital camera is a close-focus mode that allows you to get extra close to your subject for a clear shot.

Without this feature, it's almost impossible to get a sharp photo of something as small and detailed as jewelry. You'll know if your camera has a macro mode if one of its menu buttons has a flower icon on it, or if a button that has two triangles representing mountains gives you a flower icon option when you press it. Many older and / or cheaper digital cameras don't have a macro mode.

2) White balance - White balance is a camera feature that compensates for the color cast of the light that's present when you take the picture, which is extremely important when photographing jewelry.

Some digital cameras' white balance mode is programmed for certain types of lighting, such as sunlight or fluorescent light. Other cameras have a white balance feature you can set yourself. Either way, being able to adjust your camera for the color cast of the present lighting makes a huge difference in the quality and accuracy of your jewelry photos.

Here are three of the best digital cameras for photographing jewelry. They have these features, offer you crisp, colorful closeups of your work:

The Canon PowerShot A70 is a 3.2 megapixel camera that can be operated with completely automatic settings, or you can customize the settings to suit your photography needs. The ability to customize gives you the freedom to adjust things till you arrive at the settings that work best for your jewelry photos.

The Nikon Coolpix 4300 is a 4.0 megapixel digital camera that provides bright, crisp images and easy customization of the settings. Its sharp images result in beautifully clear jewelry pictures.

The Pentax Optio 550 is a 5.0 megapixel model that has both automatic and manual controls, allowing you to adjust its settings for the best photos possible. It provides pictures with an especially good sense of depth.

These three cameras are currently the among the ones that are most recommended by jewelry artists whose photos are sharp, clear, and professional looking!

When you get your new digital camera and start taking jewelry pictures with it, you'll probably go through a learning curve of trial and error to find what works best for you. The articles below have some tips that should help you start getting great jewelry photos fast!

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Use these success tips as a starting point, and experiment with some techniques of your own to get great jewelry photos with your new digital camera.

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