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I have noticed that many people here desire camera that can take pictures from few millimeters if possible :). First, I would like to direct them to one of my previous posts where I proved that is not needed but uninformed opinion.

Having said that, here is an example for them. This was made with probably the best digital camera on the market under 5000 Euros. It was shot from some 2,5 cm from the watch, it was impossible to cast good light to the entire watch since the lens (2 cm from the crystal) makes shadow, dial is sharp but hands are totally unsharp due to very shallow depth of field. This is the crop from entire 5 MP (2560x1920 pixels) image which captured area 30x22 mm in size. Translated to the 35 mm film camera units, this would not be macro but mild micro photography, hence the title. In 35 mm system terms, micro starts if we can capture area smaller than 24x36 mm to the film.

Cameras is Olympus c-5050z, and is recommended to the power users only (or ones interested on learning photography), not for casual snappers. It can do normal macro shots from comfortable distance. Best lens on rangefinder (non interchangeable lens system) digital camera I have seen until now. Construction, body and handling are comparable only to the professional Canon EOS 1 and Olympus E-20, but is bit better in ergonomics than them.