Take a macro picture of a quarter, I'd be curious.

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I assume you mean take a picture of real coins, from Her Majesty's Mint.

 

It was quite difficult, actually: this picture was taken without the flash (which completely flooded the image) and not at maximum zoom, which only succeeded in blurring the objects.

 

 

I don't suppose Sony is the best camera, merely a good (if overpriced) one.

 

Still, not bad for my first camera: next stop a 16Mp+ digital SLR. :D

A lot of the review sites have sample pictures that aren't macro sorts (usually portrait, indoor, scenic) and they're getting so good with the non-SLR digital cameras in a general way that I've been curious. Not going to go run out and buy one myself just to compare w/the SLR tho, so thanks for that. Actually not too shabby considering.

 

And I know what a SLR is, I have one, although mine's only 8mp. The digital SLR's for $800-1600 are pretty decent. I still want those $8,000-12,000+ 'pro' lines someday tho. Har.

 

Liberty statue on the right:

Cropped, @ 50% original size

4 sec. exposure f/16 100ISO

 

Liberty statue on the left:

Cropped, @ 75% original size

1 sec. exposure f/8 400ISO

 

Both crappy indoor lighting, no flash.

Looks like yours can do a closer close-up.

 

I haven't read the manual etc, but I think it is only really 6Mp with some sort of interpolation to make the image 8Mp ... mind you I had to make a judgement call in the airport, and I think I did pretty well (well, except for falling for the "Do you want a GB Memory Stick for that?" routine ...)