Cheap, But Nice Photos

I bought my USB Mircoscope at Amazon.com but decided later to get a camera with macro with auto-focus. The camera (Canon PowerShot) came from Fry's Electronics.

Well sadly, my cheap is under 40 dollars. I can't afford much.

Thanks for the link! I'm looking the camera up on ebay now.

To expand a bit on jokingjoker's link - a thread I created - below are two 100% crops, untouched, straight from the originals. They are underexposed.

Keep in mind, I was working with tights24 and the camera he brought, to try and maximize the capabilities of his P&S. All we did for these results was set it to Super Macro, switch to manual control and manipulate settings until we got something bright enough to see on the screen. No attempt was made to "maximize" the results - no settings tweaks, no lighting tweaks, nothing. We took the first visible images from the camera and posted them here, because it was obvious that his Olympus had the right stuff to image coins. It's very likely - almost certain - that this camera can create even larger images, just as sharply-focused.

Equipped with a little additional knowledge regarding what to expect and what settings those expectations would require, we quit the block of instruction on the spot because it will be easy for him to adjust the camera into The Zone.

As with almost any point and shoot, there will be the additional task of learning postprocessing to maximize your results. Keep that in mind.