what camera for close ups

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Hiya, i am a nail tech and i need a digital camera to take very good quality close ups, at the mo i have olympus camedia c-370 zoom with 3.2 megapixels...but...the cd olympus master wont work on my pc (i have xp on my comp) and the pics i have taken are blured, even though i set it at super macro shooting. any help pls

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The best camera for taking very closeup crisp photos is the Nikon Coolpix 885. I sell jewellery for a living and this camera is by far the best of my 10 cameras!! Yes, I'm a bit of a photography geek and so bought and tried many including high powered Canon, Fuji, Pentax etc and always come back to the nkn 885 and it is only 3.21 megapixels!!! For optimal clear and closeup pix with the nkn 885, the trick is to go into the setup menu and choose "Slide copy Adptr" under LENS, then go back up to Image Adjustment and choose "Lighten Image". This is a perfect setting for taking very close up pics of small items of jewellery, inside, during the daytime. MAKE SURE THE FLASH IS DISABLED. This is important. It is not needed. No extra lighting is needed. I take my daytime pics in the laundry inside the house, near the back door. This gives me enough sunlight. Next, upload your pics to NikonView 6 (or higher) software editing program. This software can be used with other model cameras also and it is THE BEST. You can bring your pics even closer by "cropping". The images are never distorted no matter how close you crop. You can lighten/darken, change the file size etc etc etc as you do with other software editing programs. I'd be happy to help anyone out. thxs.