One of the best things I ever done for taking photos of daylilies was buy a camera small enough to fit in a shirt pocket. Mine is about the size of a pack of cigarettes. When I went to get this camera I took some daylily blooms with me and ask the salesman to go outside in the sun and take photos of those blooms with several cameras before choosing this one. It's really nice when your not using it to be able to put it in your pocket, apron or purse and have both hands free. I have always used Fuji cameras and this one has 12 million pixels and all the bells and whistles of the larger cameras. It's several years old and has never gave me any problem, I'm sure it's not even available anymore, like all electronics it became obsolete when I left the camera shop.