I like the Nikon CoolPix cameras. I now have an L18 which is an 8MP camera that is great. It is a replacement for the 6MP version that got the screen damaged last summer. They are around $100 now and I take it all over the world. I have some great shots from Australia. It does fairly well on beads, but the only ones I have done were handheld by kitchen light in Australia to send to Angelique so they could be improved a lot with a tripod and proper lights. There is a new 10MP version out that looks like it is in the $160 to $180 range. Plus they come in all sorts of neat colors 
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Paul Ewing
Torch Ho... GTT Mirage, Carlisle CC, GTT Cheetahs, GTT Lynxes, and others on tanked O2.
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