I've always used the Fuji Fine Pix cameras and I like them very much. They are a very good camera at a more reasonable price than the Canons and Nikons. the one I have now is pretty old technology already but it's still working so I'll stick with it. It's the FinePixS700.

For rose shots make sure your camera has a macro setting and that you can make adjustments for white balance and light conditions. With those three options you can get some really great pictures.

I have a canon dslr and a macro lens. (Canon service is in Irvine and can clean your Canon Camera) One thing, certain colors can overwhelm the sensors-red.

There are things that will help with flower photography.

One is a translucent shade for the flower, it will cut some of the reflection and allow for more detail if taking pictures outside.

Another is a Polarizer filter.

A good tripod helps

so does a remote release for the camera

And of course no wind

Foggy SoCal days are good, but you might want to put a white or gray card in a photo so you can color correct if needed.

Here is a link that might be useful: Some of my wild and garden flower images are on my website

I had the Fuji Fine Pix, it had an excellent macro lens. I did upgrade to a Nikon DSLR (the D60) a few years ago. I love it and am learning a lot about photography. To me the white balance is very important to get the right color of the roses. Before all of my purplish roses looked red in the photos.

An SLR is good because you can buy different lenses for different types of photos. But the most important thing is to learn about your camera and photographer. Plus there are so many photo editing tools out there.

I recently was complemented on some of my photos from a friend who is a photographer. That made me feel good. Here is one I just took of Rosette de Lizzy:

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