High Tide Aquatics

Good camera for taking pictures of our tanks

There isa so much to learn on a DSLR. Im still learning all the features on my new camera.


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Vincent - That is great! I brought home our GoPro over vacation to figure out how to use it for just the same purpose! Nice! I am very interested in your setup - were you holding it by hand or on a stick? Was it difficult to avoid crashing into corals?
 
glee said:
has anyone used orange gel filters for quick pics with iphone? any recommendations?
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Before getting those, I'd recommend trying to download camera apps that can manually adjust white balance and tint before taking the shot. They help a lot more than just gels, and you can even fine tune it to whatever lighting you have.

I use the app Manual, but there are a bunch of others as well.
 
My best shots are with my old Olympus Tough underwater camera.
It has a couple of underwater white balance settings built in, and a good macro.
You can get right up to the coral and take great shots.

Another tip:
If your tank has easily programmable lighting, crank up the white a bit before taking shots.
 
rygh said:
My best shots are with my old Olympus Tough underwater camera.
It has a couple of underwater white balance settings built in, and a good macro.
You can get right up to the coral and take great shots.

Another tip:
If your tank has easily programmable lighting, crank up the white a bit before taking shots.
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same here
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works great and takes pretty good macro shots.
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That filter does look nice. May get one.

The big issue:
Camera sensors are Red+Green+Blue. ( Bayer - R/G/G/B)
The huge amount of blue light ends up pushing the blue sensor near saturation.
Once that happens, the color calculations become a rather non linear and error prone.
White balancing and photoshop can make it look less blue, and better, but you still have poor color resolution.
 
I find yellow filters work better than orange so you may need to consider trying both depending on your light settings

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I have the polylab one. Comes with a macro lens and 2 filters.

I use that sometimes in conjunction with and app like Aquarium Cam.


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Looking back in time thru this thread I see recommendations for some Sony cameras. Naturally, they are much less expensive now. What are your thoughts of buying older used digital camera gear? eBay has some bodies for $80. A good option for trying out photography? Or are these typically basketcases?

When buying a body, all that’s needed is a lens?

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