taking aquarium picks

[garod82]

I've noticed that when I take pics of things in my tank they don't come out nearly as well as some of you fellow reefers. My camera is descent it's a Kodak 5mega pixel, bought it this past Xmas. When I zoom in it gets distorted. Should I zoom? Do i use the flash?

 

[Cagdas]

I would not use a flash and don't zoom too much some times the camera focuses on the glass and the fishs get fussy. Try to get closer or take the focus to manual mode if there is any option. Good luck.

 

[yuhsuen]

check out GHO's web site. Very good info on taking pictures and also very easy to understand explanation of the basics of photography.

My basic setup is to:
1. make sure the glass/acrylic and clean
2. turn off the pumps to stop flow during the shoot (well, not always, but it helps)
3. get out the tripod and set it up so the camera is as close to the front panel as possible
4. always shoot as perpendicular to the front panel as possible
5. use as little of the zoom as possible
6. set the picture to the largest possible, more pixels to work with
7. turn on the macro mode if you have one, it helps
8. play with various settings in manual mode until I get it just right

 

[garod82]

Thanks for the info