To keep the setting and increase brightness, you increase your ISO.
Not sure what ISO you are using now as there is no EXIF embedded in your picture.
I've been trying out a loaned 400d at home on my home fish tanks.
The results really are special! I should practice more on this.
I only got the kit lens to work with. However can I ask: I'm shuttering at 1/25 with f3.5 and still the photos look dark? How do I improve it without using flash? Must I use the flash?
Not that I'm unhappy with the pictures, but I want to see how to improve...
To keep the setting and increase brightness, you increase your ISO.
Not sure what ISO you are using now as there is no EXIF embedded in your picture.
hahaha... it will be really tempting to get your own setup now.
aside from the camera, i also see a ST-E2, two flashes and a macro lens.
tip i got from the gurus, keep the lens perpendicular to the glass to minimise distortions.
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Your pics exposure looks ok ma. If it looks dark on your monitor, it is probably because your monitor is not calibrated.
If your shutter speed cannot go down anymore without causing handshake/blur then up the ISO setting (you using ISO400 now). The downside is you get more noise.
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first ask yourself what subject you are interested in. is it close up of fishes? or perhaps the aquatic plants, or perhaps is the entire aquascape. what you want to capture, determines the technique and equipment required.
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Ooops, I was shooting on ISO 400. No wonder
Whaaat? So much? Er, I don't really intend to go that deep into things... but macro sounds good.aside from the camera, i also see a ST-E2, two flashes and a macro lens.
I would assume that taking single photos of fish would require macro and plants and whole aquascape require a wide angle lens? Is this true?what you want to capture, determines the technique and equipment required.
I don't own the camera now, but I do like taking pictures of events, landscapes and nature. Fishes and aquariums do take up a small portion of it.
Thanks for the comments.
Get a flash and ST-E2 first before a lens. With a macro lens and without a flash, it can be difficult to shoot fast moving fishes.
In fact, both can be achieve with your kit lens. Unless you tank is 6ft and above, and got limited working space between your tank and the wall, you don't need a wide angle lens.
A wide angle lens will cause you tank to look "curved" due to the inherent nature of such lenses at wide angles.
Can I know more about the ST-E2? I understand it operates something like a remote flash unit.
When I used the on-board flash, there was a reflection in the glass. So, in order to minimize it, do we have to do something like press the flash against the glass?
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