If you go the bridge cam/Raynox clip lens route, try to find a camera model with RAW shooting support. That’s where the high ISO low noise post-shoot processing option really, well… shines.

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For the past 15 years or so, I have been using the Canon PowerShot point-and-shoot (“point-and-hope”) cameras. I have been very pleased with the results for insects. I currently have an SX620 (several years old; starts at about $300) which is excellent for moths, small bugs, etc. I also use an SX740 (newer; about $450) for most daytime photography. The latter camera has a 40X zoom which can be useful for butterflies at 10 to 30 ft away or birds up to 50 to 100+ ft away. Here are links to some of my recent insect images and bird images: Insects: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2023-06-09&d2=2023-06-15&place_id=any&taxon_id=47158&user_id=gcwarbler&verifiable=any Birds: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2023-06-09&d2=2023-08-03&photos&place_id=any&taxon_id=3&user_id=gcwarbler&verifiable=any Note: I do a lot of serious cropping to focus on the subject insect or bird; in the original images, the critters are usually much smaller than what you see in my upolads.

The sales report tells you how many units were sold but Traffic Flow by i3 gives you the back-end story that includes the potential for sale in any given area and the interest shown by customers for that particular product. Should you reorder this sku? Traffic Flow can help you determine that.

Or, if you carry a phone, create a small photo gallery of solid fills (warm to cool whites) as images for a pocket flood lamp). Especially if you’ve got high ISO RAW in your workflow.

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A very common mistake is to use continuous lighting like LED. I wasted years of time trying to get good pictures with those. While they are useful in some limited situations, I absolutely recommend just using flash.

The dedicated macro gives me the ability to focus from max mag up to infinity so I can easily find and creep in slowly for a close shot. The extra pixels of a DSLR (vs a bridge camera)makes things a lot easier too for the smaller stuff.

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I am less knowlegeable on cameras, but do you have a macro lens? They make ones that can clip onto a phone. A macro lens alone could improve your photos of small organisms.

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1. Any used mirrorless or DSLR that is weather sealed, manufactured within recent 12 years- preferably those with more than 15 million pixels. $100 onwards I recommend Olympus E-M1 or Pentax K-5 as they are nicely weather sealed and are cheap.

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The most important part of macro photography is the lighting by flash, and how you diffuse the light is the most important.

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Understand the wait time at the meat and seafood counter or review the time spent in the bakery and create a plan that schedules the perfect number of employees based on the traffic observed in each area.

Some previous threads on photo equipment: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/good-camera-for-detailed-close-ups/41474 https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/macro-and-telephoto-lenses-for-smartphone-cameras/9112 https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/hand-lenses-loupes-for-macro-photography/40225 https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/good-cameras-for-nature-shots/1064 https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-do-yall-use-to-take-pictures-for-observations/41372 https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-camera-do-you-use-for-nature-photography/28220 https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/your-nature-camera/31631

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I’ve been doing macro photography with compact cameras, smartphone cameras, USB cameras, mirrorless and DSLR for about 10 years altogether, mainly for molluscs and insects. Since I am a macro photography equipment nerd with no bias towards any manufactures, you can ask me if you need further advice.

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What’s a good proper camera for making observations that’s relatively affordable? I’ve been using my iphone 7’s cracked camera for years now, and it’s less than ideal, it makes it really hard to ID rare observations I make, and I’m completely unable to photograph exceptionally small insects.

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2. Any used 1:1 macro lens. $100 onwards.. For Olympus, M.Zuiko 60mm F2.8 macro is the best for the cost (I use it). For Pentax you have quite a few options such as Tamron or Pentax 90mm f2.8 macro. You can buy Raynox DCR250 for about $70 and attach it in front of a macro lens for more magnification.

It helps if you define ‘affordable’. Also, what kind of insects? If you’re after the sub 1 cm range, it’s a different path than say, odonata and most moths and butterflies.

When choosing your camera body, I’d strongly advise taking a look at the price and availability of used lenses in your country. My first body was a Nikon D90 I got for dirt cheap with something like a 13k shutter count, and while it’ll always have a special place in my heart, if I had to do it all over again I would go Canon just for lens availability. I got a used Laowa 100mm which is absolutely fantastic, but would have been 150€ cheaper and much more readily available in Canon EF mount. Same deal when I got my 150-600mm birding lens.

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How to understand and perhaps, anticipate the ebb and flow of in-store traffic will serve retailers well as they strategize for staffing needs. Video analytics from i3 will point out over and/or understaffing thus improving the corporate bottom line.

If I’m shooting sub-1 cm stuff now, my first ‘fair weather’ choice is a more expensive solution, an old (used, 300 USD) Sony Alpha 6000 with a manual (used, 200 USD) Laowa 2x 100mm lens.

You could try a second-hand DSLR camera from ebay or some other outlet that has second-hand camera gear. I recently bought one myself from ebay. The Canon DSLR camera body and two kit lenses with a charger cost $280AU and it’s practically brand new. I think the previous owner used it twice. For your macro photography like insects etc, you could pair something like that up with a normal lens and extension tubes for about $15-$20. If you’re serious, stay with a relatively cheap camera body but buy a dedicated macro lens, and for that it’s about $1000 onwards.

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There has been a time when compiling evidence on internal theft or patterns related to organized retail crime took months. This doesn’t have to be the case anymore with Smart-ER from i3.

Note: I mostly photograph plants and the autofocus on most old equipment is useless so you will need to get used to manual focus (not as hard or slow as it sounds).

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Before this, I started with an even cheaper (150) used Olympus TG5 – which I still shoot with as it’s so portable and weatherproof.

The POS data that is used for other counting functions within the system can also be used for exception reporting. Data can be accessed for multiple sites at the same time.

NOTE: Newer cameras have better image quality when using high isos. However when you use flash for macro it does not matter that much and old cameras perform nearly as good.

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Applications such as cameras with mobile device alerts that track the number of associates, visitors or customers entering, exiting, or moving throughout locations. This ensures the proper management of occupancy numbers and reduces the cost of employees assigned for manual tracking.

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For some uses/needs, a clip-on macro lens for your phone or a hand lens may be sufficient. For others, you may want a proper camera and a macro lens and other equipment to go along with it (flash, tripod, software or in-camera function for focus stacking, etc.). And there are all sorts of gradations in between (newer phone camera, point and shoot camera, bridge camera…)

I use a Canon EOS 60D and old sigma 105mm macro lens that + a kit zoom and uv filter (came with the camera) cost me about $700 AU - all second hand.

Cheap used cameras from Canon or Nikon are mostly not weather sealed or only weakly sealed, so dusts etc easily get in. Not the best for field use.

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**3. Any speedlite/flash to put on the hotshoe of the camera. $160 onwards ** Godox V350 is very good and it is compatible is pretty much all the camera manufactures (make sure to get the one that is compatible with the camera you decided) You can get very cheap other ones too, but many of them aren’t powerful enough.

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The main dashboard identifies the major risk factors and in under 5 clicks, you can drill-down to a transaction and even suspicious behavior s at employee-level.

4. Any good diffuser. $0 onwards ←Most important You can make your own diffuser, even just from a piece of A4 paper. There are a lot of methods online. If you want to buy one, you can get something like this[https://www.amazon.com/Lumpna-Speedlight-Accessories-Photography-Lightweight/dp/B07W3S6GJW/ref=sr_1_15?crid=3HV023ZFBEU2&keywords=flash+diffuser&qid=1692411272&sprefix=flashdiffuser%2Caps%2C275&sr=8-15] or you can get AK diffuser or Cygnustech Diffuser for around $100 usd.

An exception comes in various forms; a refund without customer, a price-override, a transaction on hold or a drive-thru with no transaction. With CMS Smart-ER module from i3, the time required to analyze business reports is brought down to a minimum.

Also, keep in mind that to get decent photos, especially of smaller stuff, you’re going to want an external flash and a diffuser (you can probably get both for around 60€ total). Using the embedded flash is technically possible (that’s what I’ve been doing thus far) but it’s less than ideal. That goes for both dedicated macro lens and doubly so for extension tubes.

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Same with flash. I prefer relying on great RAW processing software with high ISO settings. Though now I also carry a pocket -sized LED work light for dusk and darker shooting.

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Very good just what I needed ... The only downside (minor) is that they have to be taken off the camera if you want to mount the camera on a tripod.