Camera & program for Ebay/Gunbroker, etc?

by JLF , Monday, April 15, 2013, 12:43 (4185 days ago) @ John Meeker

There are a zillion camera choices, and it boils down to how many pixels do you want to buy? Resolution is what costs money, and if you can find it without paying for a bunch of needless gizmos and doo-dads, that's the way I would go. The info can all be found on-line, if you have a few days to stare at the screen. My pics are done with a Panasonic DMC-FZ5. It's several years old, and obsolete no doubt. It was a discount refurbished camera, and has had no problems. Cubrock can chime in with more info, I'm sure.

As for programs, a good photo editor is all you need. All the web sites have provisions for uploading pics to them. If not, you will have to subscribe to an on-line photo host. You upload your pics to them for storage, and then link back to them at the site where you want to post pics. This board is an example of that. With the editor, you can retouch and fiddle with your pics, and then size them to fit best on the web sites.

For jewelery and such, you can set up a light tent on a table with the camera on a tripod, and leave it set up. Trust me, after a few hundred pics, the process becomes automatic.

JLF