Reply With Quotemore light perhaps?
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is the macro function of a consumer sony 6mp cybershot cam good enough for taking closeup shots of aquariums? mine seems to always turn up blurry
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more light perhaps?
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aquarium lighting not sufficient?
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know why it is blurry??
The reason for your pictures to be blurry is due to the slow shutter speed... your camera automatically sets its shutter speed when in macro mode... If you have much much much much more light, your camera will then assume that it is in a very bright environment, and so increase the shutter speed and therefore prevent either motion (shake) blur or blurring due to the movement of the fishes...
That;s why ranmasatome said you probably have not enought light...
let's not mince words, guys.
You Do Not Have Enough Light. there.
why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
If it's just plants close up that you are trying to capture. Get a tripod, turn off the filter, and just the timer mode. Make sure the fishes don't get curious and stray into the frame. You can produce A3 size pictures with this setup.
For fishes, it's a different story.
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I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?
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if i wanna catch fish??anyway what if i turn on my aquarium lights and house lights at the same time? will that compensate?
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If all that was additionally needed was your house lights then the camera companies must have some problems.. i wonder how they sell all those flashes...let alone even consider making them...
hmmm....
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Hi, me also newbie but I think turning on the house lights might infact give you additional problems. I turn off all the lights, inclusive of tanks lights before taking picture. Seems to give me the best results, don't ask me why ask the Gurus
Something about the water & the fishes that calms me down.
You'll get all sorts of reflection with both house lights and room lights, especially when they're all in a confined space.
Eric
Originally Posted by rtcc86
depending on the kind of fish you want to shoot. for those that like to suspend themselves in simulated inanimation you can shoot with aquarium lighting, you need very steading hands or something to prop the camera on. a tripod is mostly too impractical and you can't get really close to the tank.
turn off the house light as Ibn says. you want a pix of the fish, not yourself.
for most other fishes, you need a lot of light. by A LOT I mean a HUGEASS amount which basically means you need sunlight or flash.
why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
Is there any standard setting you guys use?
just got a canon s3 (ixus400 dead)
am a auto mode user all along.. now i got big headache.
can share setting for taking whole tank and macro shot?
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each situation is different.
No such thing as one setting can take all kinds of photos..it depends on many factors.
Usually, you'll just ahve to trial and error... practice makes perfect.. so just shoot.. dont worry.. try and try again all sorts of settings.
macro shot (like what you see from Benny) will be tricky with the S3IS as it does not have a hotshoe. very kludgy to trigger an external flash from this cam.
why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
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from what i can deduce,it takes a 100 pics to get 1 perfect one?
without enough light, you will get ZERO perfect one, unless you are lucky-strike type. actually without flash, it will be pretty bad because you will then have very strong colour cast, even if the fish don't move.
shoot RAW so it is easier to fix the colour.
Last edited by hwchoy; 29th May 2006 at 13:35.
why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
i mean only for whole tank and plant macroshot.
been clicking alot. almost all rubbish. i've keep trying.
As Chow said, you're gonna need a whole lot of light. Just take the following picture for example.
http://i.pbase.com/o4/35/597035/1/56338050.DSC_2849.jpg
That was taken with 500W of lighting directly over the tank and a rather large aperture, f/2, to even get shutter speed to hit 1/60 sec.
Also, how many keepers depends on how critical you're with each. The ratio is definitely higher than 1% once you get the hang of things.
Eric
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ok you lost me..what is RAW?
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