New cam better than expected!

[Rev. Redmond Farrier]

I just got me a little $74 Kodak 14mp and decided to try it out. I was very surprised at the results.

The subject I started with was a box of assorted insects that I threw together a week or two ago.

At first glance, the photo looked quite presentable.



then I zoomed it to 100%...

(I had to resize this one to make it acceptable for posting)

[Rev. Redmond Farrier]

I decided to crop it down to the individual bugs to show the level of detail I can get with this relatively inexpensive camera.

First up are the katydids


Even these images are cut down more than 50% which lost a little of the detail.

[Rev. Redmond Farrier]

Next up is the mantis

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Next up is the spider.



I am an arachnophobe so pinning this guy was a very difficult process for me.

[Rev. Redmond Farrier]

When I swung my net at this little guy, I thought he was a dragonfly. It wasn't until I got it into my kill jar that I saw that it was some sort of wasp.



I didn't even have my "poor man's light box" put together to take these images. I realize that the quality of these images is not something that many of you would consider that great, but these are the the highest quality I have ever achieved. That and the fact that it is with a camera that cost less than $80 has me ecstatic.

Oh, I just did a full size crop of some of the detail of the spread katydid...

[Rev. Redmond Farrier]

I just realized that I forgot the cicada...



This is a little guy, maybe half the size of my others.

[anthony]

Looks like money well spent, congratulations on a useful tool.

[nass]

The value for money even the smallest digital cameras present these days is nothing short of astounding