camera shopping?

[TitusvileSurfer]

Those shots look great, I agree you should just keep what you have and try to duplicate more. The only shot in the series I could make any negative remarks on is #. The shutter speed was 1/20. Mixed with the high circulation of the pumps and movement from your hand (which wasn't much), the coral blurred out. That is a relatively easy issue to fix and the rest of your pictures are spot on.

 

[BlueCorn]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12659723#post12659723 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jason214
Well guys, i apreciate all the advice, but, this crap just cost way to much for something that i would basicly only use for my tank. No way i would want to carry around all that expensive stuff on my boat or to any other regular place. Like a macro lens would only beused on my tank. I guess i'm looking for a reasonable every day camera, that i could maybe buy add on equipment if i wanted to. i can accept the fact that i can't afford high detail photography.

Which is exactly what Voidraven and I were trying to get at. It looks like you need to work on your shooting skills a bit and really understand what's happening when you push buttons on the camera.

That said you don't need to break the bank to shoot nice macros. You can pick up a used Canon G6 for a couple hundred bucks. It can shoot RAW format, has allows full manual control if you want it, and has a really nice macro mode. I really liked the one that I had.

 

[jason214]

hey titus which pic are you questioning, i'm just curious.
I would just like to get a little closer so i could capture the polyps on my tricolor a little better

 

[VoidRaven]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12661035#post12661035 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by beerguy
Which is exactly what Voidraven and I were trying to get at. It looks like you need to work on your shooting skills a bit and really understand what's happening when you push buttons on the camera.

That said you don't need to break the bank to shoot nice macros. You can pick up a used Canon G6 for a couple hundred bucks. It can shoot RAW format, has allows full manual control if you want it, and has a really nice macro mode. I really liked the one that I had.

Ditto

That shot of the two clowns was good and the shot of the stony coral (acro?) wasn't too bad. It's easy to get caught up in the glitz and glamour of high end cameras thinking it will solve all your photo problems but it just ain't true. You gotta understand what exactly is going on, what the camera is telling you, and then practice, read, practice, read, practice, practice, practice.....

Best example I ever saw was a guy here on RC who went by "gho". He had a great thread where he posted something like 8 shots from 8 different cameras and challenged people to tell which ones were from the "cruddy" 3mp pocket camera and which ones were from the high end gear. Most folks couldn't tell the difference....why? Because of the person using the tool and the work done in post processing (yup, yet another aspect of tank photography...ANY photography...after the photo is taken).

Anyway, take heart and play around some more. If you really feel that you need to upgrade the "tool" then look at some of the cameras that I and some others mentioned. I'm telling you, you don't have to spend gobs of $$$ to get good pics. You'll have to spend a little but for that $500 you can get a pretty decent camera and a really good tripod and be off an running.

Whatever your decision, good luck and happy shooting!

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

Oh my bad, I meant to say #3.

 

[jason214]

thanx guys on the advice.