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Best camera for taking pictures of my railroad.
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<p>You don´t have to spend a fortune on a camera to produce more than decent shots of your model railroad. A fairly simple point & shoot camera will do, but you have to look for a few features.</p> <ul> <li>Manual control of the aperture</li> <li>Self-timer</li> <li>Macro feature</li> <li>Tripod socket</li> <li>Good lens</li> </ul> <p>You don´t have to go for a top amount of mega pixels, but a good lens is a must. You should also be able to place the camera on you layout without having to use a tripod or a similar fixture to hold your camera. This allows you to take pictures of hard to reach scenes.</p> <p>I am quite happy with my now 7 year old Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1, which is not available any more. It has a Leica lens, which is certainly among the best. Its successor is the Lumix DMC-LX5, take a look here:</p> <p><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://panasonic.net/avc/lumix/compact/lx5/index.html">Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5</a></strong><a target="_blank" href="http://panasonic.net/avc/lumix/compact/lx5/index.html"></a></p> <p><a href="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/P1040268k.jpg"><img src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/P1040268k.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/P1020251d-1.jpg"><img src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/P1020251d-1.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /></a><a href="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/P1030006klein.jpg"><img src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/P1030006klein.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /></a></p>
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