Camera Suggestions

Gladfelter · Mar 5, 2013

Hello everyone,

Any suggestions on Cameras for taking aquarium shots? I started a facebook page for my tanks and answering questions or finding the answers if I don't know, but my camera is older and not quite up to the greatest standards.

Rob.D · Mar 5, 2013

It all depends on what type of photos you want to take?
DSLR w/standard Lense: Great all around camera and most of the new models shoot in 1080 vid.
DSLR w/60mm or 100mm macro Lens: Supper nice pics but the camera body and lens would cost over $1K.
Point and Shoot: Most of the new models have a macro function and have supper high pixel count.

The most important piece of photography equipment is photo processing software.

All of this is just my opinion, I am not a profession photographer.

cee · Mar 5, 2013

Rob's right on. To get really good macro shots of corals you're going to need a tripod and turn the flow off. In macro mode the camera lens can't harvest as much light so the shutter needs to stay open for longer than you can hold still. For sharp pictures the water can't move the coral either. If you buy a fast macro lens for a dSLR camera you can speed up the shutter speed a bit but fast macro lenses can easily cost more than the camera itself. With a good tripod and a "decent" point-and-shoot with zoom and macro functions you can do fairly good with macros unless you're trying to photograph single polyps, for instance.

Gladfelter · Mar 5, 2013

So a good point and click can do a decent job though right?

cee · Mar 6, 2013

Thas was taken with a P&S; about the best you're going to be able to do without a dSLR:

nitrox36 · Mar 6, 2013

LOL i jus use my Galaxy note II, it does a smokin job on photos.

SLUF681 · Mar 6, 2013

+1 on Galaxy Note 2!

SLUF681 · Mar 7, 2013

Taken with Samsung Galaxy Note 2...

revhtree · Mar 7, 2013

Are you wanting to just take decent good photos or GREAT photos?

Rob.D · Mar 7, 2013

I'm interested in your opinion on GREAT photos Rev.

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EvilMel · Mar 7, 2013

You guys should talk to Julie. She's the queen of reef photography.

Rob.D · Mar 7, 2013

I would love to do that Mel, could you get me in touch with her?

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cee · Mar 7, 2013

You can see some of her work here:
Julie Poole - Knoxville Equine & Pet Photographer - Video

Knoxville Pet and Family Photography by Julie Poole Photography

She's very nice but I think she's been out of the hobby for awhile.

dcfluegel · Mar 7, 2013

I have been working on shots with a canon eos t3i - using both a regular/ zoom lens and a macro lens - have to work on my macro technique, though - appreciate the tripod tip!