Photographing your Tank

[Underwaterfragglerock]

Hey gang, just a quick poll-type question here:
So many of you have such beautiful, wonderful reef and tank pictures of fish and plants... How do you do it? Underwater cameras? Digital cameras? Special development? I earnestly desire to capture my young tank's steps of growth and change. Any suggestions on what works and what dosen't?
-UWFraggle

 

[freshmike]

I just got a Kodak Cx-4300 digital.....it seems to work just fine!My Webpage
Check it out!

 

[Underwaterfragglerock]

NOw that's impressive, FreshMike. How many fish tanks do you own? Thanks for the camera info.

 

[ginamoore]

i use a cannon A40 digital camera with 2.0 mega pix. i turn of the flash so there is no glare

 

[Mogo]

I use the Fuji Finepix 6800. The best way to take photos is at night, with all the lights off in the room, except the tank light. Some people like to use the flash and just angle the camera so you don't get the reflection, but I find that no flash gives more naturally coloured photos. Having a tripod also helps, especially if you have shakey hands. I usually set the camera up on the tripod a day in advance to let the fish get used to it, other wise, the shy fish tend to hide.

 

[Underwaterfragglerock]

Awesome. Thanks for the info.

 

[mrV]

Kodak DC5000. Im going to buy Minolta Dimage A1...

 

[Bubble]

I juse my Canon 10D