how do i take good pics

[kalebjarrod]

Simple!

How do i take a good shot of my fish.

what lighting etc etc should i use?

[chrissyoscar]

All I do if make sure the blinds are shut to avoid glare. I turn the flash of my camera also to avoid glare then I get as close as I can put the camera on macro and take heaps of photos. I use a good digital camera so taking heaps of photos isn't a problem. I find that I get about 3-4 decent photos for every 10 I take.
The more light you have over your tank the better so if you have any spare fluros put them on your tank while you're taking photos.

Hope it helps.. Oscar

[kalebjarrod]

i have a macro button on my camera

what does this do?

the light seems like a good idea!

thanks

Ryan

[chrissyoscar]

Macro is for close ups so if your going to take close up shots of the fish use the macro button.

Oscar

[kalebjarrod]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

pushed that button heaps of times to try and find out what it does.

now i know!

guess the tripod, lights and camera will be out tonight!

thanks Oscar

[chrissyoscar]

you'll have to post some of those pics.

Good luck.. Oscar

[chrissyoscar]

If you're going to take photos tonight then what you can do is turn of all the lights in the room were the tank is except the tank lights of coarse. If the fish can't see you then they're more likely to stay still for you and wont hide.

[Al]

if you have to option on your camera to change the ISO setting, set it as high as it will go, on mine ISO400 is the fastest i can use. this will allow faster shutter speeds which will produce less blurry photo's.

I try not to use a flash, it seems to freak the fish out!

[chrissyoscar]

Yeah the faster the shutter speed the better the photo, provided you have good lighting so the best thing to do is do experiment and see how high you can go.
My camera can go as high as 4000th of a sec but with the amount of light in my tank I can't use more that 400-600th sec shutter speed. I tried using 1000th of a sec and the photo came out dark then I tried 4000th just to see and the photo was completely black. If you can get a good source of light then great.

Oscar

[kalebjarrod]

i am VERY simple when it comes to my cameras

i understand shutter speed but i don't know if my camera has that feature

i have a DSC-F505V sony digital camera,

picked it up from a customer how could not pay his bill!

no instructions etc

good camera but i don't understand it