Again, it boils down to practice. The digital pic above was taken without any fancy macro facility. The camera is a kodak DC290. I think the coolpix is about the best of the current crop of cameras.

The flash is mounted on the camera, but with some practice you can avoid flash bounce without ...

Hello all, thanks a million. Very good info. But if I had any idea of the amount of responses I would generate, I would've been more specific. I am looking to spend around the price of digital cameras. Like 200-400, no more. Jools, great response, to the point and with some photographic examples ...

Hi Ian.

I've tried to capture this blink with an SLR equipted with a macrolens but can't get the timing right. The magnification I use is quite good since it is true macro. And when I look in the viewfinder on the camera, I see that in some cases the entire pupil is covered by the skull. It's not ...

actually, this is something I was planning to do. I do have a flash for the camera already, its retty decent. just time to go practice :) and have fun!!

If you can get a cord for the flash at a low price, it's worth the money. I have tried two different cords to mine, one was 0.7 meter and the ...

That's the spirit. Do you have the oppotunity to get the flash of the camera, because then you really can do some nice work. A suggestion when you use a flash is to use a slower film. You will bring out more details with a slower film. I use Fuji slide films in the range from ISO 50 to ISO 200 ...

Well, there is a learningcurve to everything you do and photographing fish in a tank isn't easy. Do expect that some if not many of your shots will turn out in a way that you dislike. It is rather difficult and you'll probably spend a lot of money on film due to that. The first roll I took had 3 ...

Glad I could help. The converter will help if you have a fixed focallength.

I just thought of another solution that you might be able to use. You can get some lenses that can be screwed in in front of you lens (there are normally a thread for filters there) and these lenses (called close up lenses ...

I found this lense on ebay, this is probably what im going to go with (im going to hunt one up locally probably, or one similiar), from everything ive read this will probably suit my needs best, it is adjustable from 28mm to 50mm and has a macro zoom.

and yes, the camer is an FD mount

You'll ...

ok, looking over items on Ebay, google, and the info here I know I want a macrolense, now I just need to decide which one :) what MM lense would you recomend for aquarium photography, ive seen some that are 85-210mm, 28-85mm, and some that are just 50mm with macro. the camera will be used somewhat ...

would you mind answering perhaps a couple more questions? the one that pops to mind right now is, what is the focal length and how does it affect the photo? If you know a website with these answers I would love to check it out. Im still doing my own research to find this out and gain knowledge of ...

An SLR camera IS going to be 1200 dollars, and without one, the lenses aren't going to do much good, no?

Barbie, the SLR-gear isn't around $1200, yes if you choose to get a state of the art house and similar things, then yes, but you can get a house with lens for around $400 and then it is new ...

Hi Barbie.

I don't think I missed the point. Mike asked how to get good aquariumshots and I answered him in I way I would find useful. Then yashmack said that he wanted to get some better lenses for his gear and I said what I would do, to get some good lenses. I have also told what I did with my ...

The best results in aquarium photography are not achieved with a fast lens. Using a fast lens with the aperture fully open just means that you have very little depth of field, leading to most of the subject being off focus (something that is especially apparent with using a macro lens).
Not worth ...

If you want a good lens for fish then go for a makrolens. You should be able to find lenses on e-bay for reasonable prices since the newer EOS-cameras uses a different lensmount (thats what I heard anyway - not the same with Nikon). Analog camera gear is going for very low prices these days except ...

SLR is a short term for Single Lens Reflex, and what it means is that you see through the lens of the camera so, what you see is what you get (normally, some of the cameras doesn't show the entire image in the viewfinder). Normally a SLR gives you the oppotunity to change lenses so you only need one ...

Hi Ian

I must admit, I really can't follow you in your critique here. The image, although it's not the best quality, is showing that the pupil is covered by the skull. You don't have to be at level with the fish to see this happen. As I see this shot, you start out with seeing a full eye and then ...

Hi Mike.

I've done a few aquariumshots my self and have a few on planetcatfish too. The lesson I've learned is that a SLR camera is the best for aquariumshots. I use a Nikon F70 but any SLR will do the job. I prefer to use an off camera flash so you can control the direction of the light. Sometimes ...

Hi Plecobreeder.

I don't see why the corys would need a membrane to clean the eye. The motion is to fast for the fish to focus on a target on the ground. And what should it be looking for there in the first place. The enemies of the fish would attack either from a horizontal level or from above. If ...

Hi again.

I follow this discussion with interest. I've been creating aquariumshots my self, and I found this picture of a C. haraldschultzi (not hte sharpest shot around, but shows what I mean).

http://home19.inet.tele.dk/briard/blinking.jpg

IMO it shows that some of the pupil is covered by the ...

I would have to agree with Allan on this subject. The shutting of the eyes are in my oppinion to fast to be a depth perception, and the eyes never changes its direction.
To the owls, as I understand it, the hearing is more important to those birds. The ear is not placed at the same hight and depth ...

Hi.

I have a 375 liter aquarium with plecos and corys. But I want to place some other fish in there, but have no idea what to keep. I want fish from south america but have no idea for fish. Do anyone here have any suggestions?

Best regards

Sass