ok as father's day is aproaching i am looking to get me a new camera. not looking to spend over $300. here is what i am looking for. basically something that will take good macro shot's.
Your pics look pretty good so far. At 300 I can't find a slr at that price but slr like. You got these two choices your looking at a new Fujifilm finepix s5200 or a used panasonic dmc-fz30 the panasonic comes with a leice lens and is one of the most adjustable non slr cameras out there and it comes with macro auto focus feature. The fuji i've never done reasearch on but your best bet is to go to B&h photo on a weekday before lunchtime. This way you can test out different cameras. they are closed friday afternoons and saturday. Sundays are usually packed.