davez104 Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 Righto, I need some help here, trying to get some reasonable shots of my fish, no luck. The shots generally come out blurry, too slow shutter speed maybe, or dark if I don't use the flash. What do you use to light your fish up? I had heard that you should not use flash, i have thrown a 150W and a 500W floodlight on the fish to try to get enough light on them to be able to raise the shutter speed a little but to no avail. 1/90 sec is as fast as I can go with or without flash, just the ones without are generally dark. I have a Canon Eos 500 camera, a 28 - 80mm lens, I use 100 speed film, I don't have an external flash unit, only the built in one. So where to from here?? HELP ME!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterChief Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 Davez, You could try 400ASA film speed, set the lowest aperture and let the camera auto adjust shutle speed. This will give you maximum shutle speed and minimum deep of field, so make sure the subject is focus. A digital camera would be more economical. You can just keep shotting until you have it. Cheer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett4Perth Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 You can use a flash, it does look better if it is "off the camera". Even a camera base flash will work if you take your photos at an angle to the glass so that you don't get the glare showing up in your photo. Very difficult to get enough light to catch a moving fish without the use of a flash. Good Luck Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Morant Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 Good to see I'm not the only one that takes 50 digital photos to get one or two good ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E4G13M4N Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 You can get a lens filter that suits most digi cameras that takes the flash reflection out.. Not that ive been able to try it out yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterChief Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 One more tip. You can use Polarizing filter (from camera shop) to reduce light reflection. Or check out the effect first by holding your polaroid sunglass in front of your camera lens. This type of filter is use by paparazzi for taking picture of celebrity behind glass car windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davez104 Posted September 2, 2004 Author Share Posted September 2, 2004 Thanks guys for the pointers, I'll give em a shot and and see how I go. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Morelia Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Check out the effect first by holding your polaroid sunglass in front of your camera lens. Now that's a good idea *Bumbles off to find Sunnies and Digi-cam* Cheers, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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