What is the best digital camera to use for jewelry pictures on a website for good detail photos?

Please state zoom size and pixels? that would work the best. I am a novice with a digital camera...more info...the better. Also best program for photo editing at a reasonable price?

When taking pictures of jewelry, two things are important. A camera that can take pictures up close... meaning it has a "wide angle" or "macro" lens. Another thing you need it to be able to defuse the light of the flash (or whatever your light source) so that highly reflective objects (anything shiny) don't create glare for the camera. Finally, how many pixels do you require? For using the picture on the internet, you don't need anything powerful at all.

I'm not sure about what your looking to spend but something like this lens:
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/contro...

with the Canon Digital Rebel XT camera would offer superior performance.

To give you a huge plethora of cameras to choose from go here:
http://www.steves-digicams.com/closeups....

These are plenty of camera which have used there MACRO mode and examples of the pictures taken with the specific camera. Happy shopping.

To do this properly and make them look good enough for advertising. You will need to get you a good DSLR at least 6mp or higher. Nikon and Canon are good brands. They both make a Macro lens that is used for this type of application. Nikon also makes a Flash setup made specifically for doing Macro shots. Here is the setup I use for Macro shots. Just an FYI, you cant go buy a Canon XT out of the box and expect to do Macro, you will need to buy a Macro Lens for it.

Nikon D200
Sigma DX 50mm w/ Macro Lens
Nikon R1C1 Wireless Close up Speedlight system - using this eliminates the need for big softboxes or large lights.

I also use a photo tent or cube, these are basically a white box you put your item into and it shows up as nothing but a white background so the focus is on your product not the background you can also use a light table as well. Hope this helps

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