Tips for shooting moving fish with digicam?

[10" Red Devil]

Hello,

I have a Canon A640 that I am going to be using for some underwater photography on some reefs in Florida this summer. I was wondering if you could give me some tips on optimal settings for capturing moving fish? Thanks!!

 

[gregr]

You're aiming for fast shutter speeds with moving fish. Since that camera doesn't have aperture or shutter speed priority you will probably get the best results by using the kids and pets scene mode.

 

[10" Red Devil]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10026099#post10026099 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gregr
You're aiming for fast shutter speeds with moving fish. Since that camera doesn't have aperture or shutter speed priority you will probably get the best results by using the kids and pets scene mode.

Actually it does have a Aperture priority mode and you can control the shutter speed.

 

[10" Red Devil]

I copied and pasted this from a review site of the camera:

"The aperture range is f/2.8-f/8, which is fairly standard, and while the top shutter speed of 1/2500th"

 

[gregr]

You're correct in that those settings exist, but you can't control them via aperture or shutter speed priority because the camera is mostly automatic. The camera decides which of those apertures and shutter speeds will get the best shot every time you take a picture. If you had the priority modes you could select the settings you think would be best. But since you can't, the next best thing is to select the scene mode which will bias the settings towards fast shutter speeds [pet/kids]. I'm going by the specs on dpreview.com by the way.

 

[10" Red Devil]

Actually in manual you can adjust both those values it appears.

I know action photography is possible, I have been looking for information and I have come across others who were able to do action photography, they just havent exactly said how or I have not noticed how.

http://gallery.photographyreview.com/showphoto.php?photo=61793&size=big

Hopefully someone with this camera can shed some light.