Taking pictures of moving fish?????

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chesterthehero;2537511; said:
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...
 
SuperDave;2358654; said:
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.
 
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.
 
Psh... just put a little unflavored Jello in with the next water change to slow the fish down. jk
 
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
 
Danscichlids88;2357888; said:
I have a problem with the flash reflecting off the tank
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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...
 
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:)
 
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.
 
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