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03-02-2007, 12:26 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: NC
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 |  Pictures
How do you guys take such amazing pictures? I have a Sony DSC-T1 5MP digital camera and my pictures never come out so clear. Are you guys making some sort of tube or under water device that enables you to take good quality pictures? _________ 90g reef tank (almost done), Single over flow with a 20g sump. ASM G2 protein skimmer
1-Naso Tang
1-Yellow Tang-Bubbles
1-Fox Face-Spike
3-Green Reef Chromis-No Names Yet
1-Diamond Goby-Fred
2-Cleaner Shrimps-Jock
1-Coral Branded Shrimp-Grumpy
50lbs of live rock
56g show tank with a 70g over the back filter  Predator Tank under construction ... | 
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03-02-2007, 01:11 PM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Naperville IL Age: 29
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I was able to get some good pics with my DSC sony as well.
Make sure you use the micro setting on the camera and a tripod. Then play around with the angles of the picture hitting the glass.
I would say out of every 10 i take i get about 1 good one.
I also take a bunch of pictures in the tank with the marine kit.
I believe my ativar was done like that. :-)
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180 Gal Reef, AquaC EV-400, 3 MH Aquamedic Oceanlight HQI's 250w 20k. Neptune AquaController III, AquaLogic Trimline Cyclone 1/3hp skimmer, 2 x hydor #4's, 2 x mj1200's modded, 40 gal fuge. | |
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03-02-2007, 01:35 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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I have a sony dsc s45, sometime it take amazing pics, sometime they look like crap. If I hold my tongue just right, it will take amazing pictures without the flash, 99% of the time it takes blurry pics without the flash. | |
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03-02-2007, 02:41 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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If you are using a point and shoot non SLR digital camera I would say that using 1. a tripod, 2. the macro setting, and 3 use an eye piece instead of a LCD screen if possible. Taking pictures of moving critters is always a bother though. _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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03-02-2007, 03:29 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
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Originally Posted by Bruce  If you are using a point and shoot non SLR digital camera I would say that using 1. a tripod, 2. the macro setting, and 3 use an eye piece instead of a LCD screen if possible. Taking pictures of moving critters is always a bother though. | +1 on that.
You need to keep it as stable as you can. Hand holding will result in a blurry shot 9 out of 10 times hence the tripod. I dont know what kind of settings you have on that model but if you have aperture priority set it on that and shot with the biggest aperture you can (smallest number). HTH
Marc. _________ 
20Gal, 45 lbs LR, 65W PC 10 000K + 65W PC 20 000K + 10Gal sump/fuge
Livestock :hermit and snails, Green star polyps, Button polyps, Finger leather, Xenia, Zoanthids, Mushrooms, Yellow polyps, montipora digitata, acropora, ?mistery polyps?, mistery crab, six line wrasse | |
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03-02-2007, 03:35 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: NC
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thanks guys I will try the tripod and looking into the settings on the cam and post the outcome. | |
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03-02-2007, 04:18 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: NC
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dang it my cam does not have a hole to screw in to the tripod...any other ideas. Dam I hate that!!!!!!!!!!!:mad: | |
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03-05-2007, 02:05 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
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Light up the room as much as you can! The more light that goes in to the lens, the faster your shutter-speed will be. You need a fast shutter speed to eliminate blur! Hope this helps. Another suggestion would be to use velcro to attach your camera to a step ladder for example to act as a tripod... | |
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