I would like to start selling merchandise on eBay, and would like to know what's the best digital camera I should purchase to showcase my wares on the site. Thank you in advance as I greatly appreciate your suggestions. I would disagree with the idea of getting any old web cam, as the better your pictures are, the better your sales will be.
Look for ANY camera with macro capabilities. Even if you are not planning on selling anything small, you wil find it is helpful to show detail on certain items - even clothing at times.
A 2 or 3 megapixel camera is quite adequate for eBay, but you may as well get 4 or more, since they are so cheap these days and then you could use it for something other than eBay if the mood strikes you. I have been using various cameras, but most of my eBay photos are taken with a Nikon Coolpix 5400. This camera is out dated, but it's a 5 MP camera. I have dome some with my Coolpix 4600, which is only a 4 MP camera and it's just fine. I think it's obsolete also...
It's true that the large size on eBay is 800 pixels by 800 pixels and you could theoretically get that with less than 1 MP, but starting out with a good sharp image made by a camera with a decent quality lens is important.
Shop eBay for a 3 or 4 MP camera. Check to be sure that it has a macro mode. You'd like to get within a couple inches of some items or detail on some items. Stick to any of the brands that people are sure to recommend here. Nikon, Canon, Fuji, Sony, Pentax, and Kodak are all well-known brand names with a good reputation.
I happen to have some photos from old auctions on an FTP site. I think that these were all taken with a 3 MP Nikon Coolpix 885, but I hope they convince you not to buy a dinky webcam.
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http://members.aol.com/swf08302/spotmati... I use one that's fairly cheap, a Kodak C310 which comes with a dock too and rechargeable batteries. Works fine for me. its a waste to buy a digital camera solely for taking photographs of products that are gonna be sold in ebay because a webcam is enough. y not spend sometime to research of a digital camera that is usable for family functions too?
fuji f30 seems to be on the rise right now. It's the really the camera but the setting in the camera.
For web use, any decent camera that has auto focus with macro mode of around 2 mega pixel is more than sufficient.
Set the output picture size to 640 x 480, jpeg fine and you're ready to go! |
