Taking pictures of moving fish?????

[sour_girl]

personal choice... i personaly hate olympus and fuji cameras and swear by sony

for simple point and shoot digital cameras ive never found anything better than the cybershot series.. the one i have now i got used from someone who had no idea how to use it and he swore it was a total POS and couldnot be made to take a clear picture ($250 camera i got it for $60 with everything)...
out of the few thousand pics ive taken with it if only a few have come out blurry... but i know what this camera can and can not do..

I am one of these people who hate Sony cameras.. never got any good pics from them.. I personally prefer Canon...

 

[Coryd55]

I think the pictures look better with out the flash. But if you need to use the flash, try taking pics at a angle so the light reflects off to the side and not straight back. I'm just getting into this Camera stuff, so Im just a camera noob myself so take it for what it is.

Don't take pictures at an angle through the glass, it distorts the photo.

Generally it takes more than 10 shots to get a good picture. As was said before, faster shutter speed. Also an off-camera flash will elp. Position the flash above the tank and it will eliminate the glare and will get better lighting.

Good luck.

 

[mikcamjon]

I typically shoot at a higher ISO usually between 640-1000. You have to experiment to see when your camera becomes to grainy at higher ISO. My camera goes to 12,800 but is not usable

I usually set the aperture set to f/2. The larger the aperture (smaller f number) allows more light into the camera.

If I use a flash I place the flash on a tripod pointing down into the tank and hand hold the camera.

Finally, I bought T5 lighting just for taking pictures.

Hope this helps.

 

[spiff]

Psh... just put a little unflavored Jello in with the next water change to slow the fish down. jk

 

[le patron]

well my camera has a motion shot setting so thats no problem for me. there are several pretty cheap cameras with motion shot settings, if you want to look into it

 

[Bryant123]

dam alot of fish...

 

[devder1]

I have a problem with the flash reflecting off the tank

x2

 

[zennzzo]

That's why you either use a remote flash above the tank or take the PaS and shoot at a 45 degree angle to the tank...the poster above that said the pix are distorted is not close enough to the glass...look at any of my pics...they are ALL from a stock point and Shoot camera...

 

[wow_it_esploded]

1- Turn off all lights in the room. All of them... Really.
2- Make sure you have really bright tank lights... I actually have 2 500 watt shoplights (like 10 bucks and the cost of a new halogen bulb that is white, not yellow) that I use on each end of the tank just to give that extra amount of light
3- Make the shutter speed as FAST as possible.
4- Do not use digital zoom, only optical zoom for really clear pictures
5- shoot from a tripod
6- A remote (if possible for your camera) is best because sometimes presing the shutter can shake the camera
7- give the camera time to auto-focus... do not rush pictures


There is my little bit

 

[chemicall]

Hey folks the new Canon Digital Elph's have 'aquarium' mode on them, works good. I prefer Canon cameras, they work great for me.

If your flash is reflecting on the glass too much try moving back some with the camera then zoom a small bit. I find this helps reduce the glare on the glass from the flash.

I usually take more shots than I keep by the way.