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DSLR for close-ups
Hi all,
I am a biologist with very little experience/knowledge about photography. I plan to buy a DSLR camera (and lens) to take pictures of the experimental animal I study, the fruit fly which measures 2,5 x 1 mm (0.1 x 0.05 inches). The pictures whould be of living, behaving flies in controlled laboratory conditions. That means, I can get optimal lightning. Fruit flies (as you may know from encountering them in your kitchen) aren't shy and it is easy to get very close to them (~2 cm/1 inch) for pictures. What I would want, however, is a very short exposure time to catch moving (flying?) flies without too much blurring. In addition I'd like to be able to take pictures at very high frequency to obtain sequences of pictures that show a rapid behavior (like grooming) at it's different stages.
I bought two books on digital close-up photography, but they did not help much.
So I really appreciate this forum and thank you in advance for helping me out (although my expectations may be unrealistic or foolish).
Best,
Andreas
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