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Hi,
I am trying to take photos of my fish in a brightly lit tank using my fuji s602.
i am using manual settings of iso 1600 and apature 2.8
the problem i am having is at a shutter speed of anything over 1/4 second my camera says its too dark and the images are almost black. but to get decent photos i need a shutter speed faster than 1/200th, preferably 1/400th.
any help or advise appreciated. thanks

have you tried a speed closer to iso400? 1600 seems like too much for aquarium pics to me...

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at iso 400 i am looking at a shutter speed or 1/2 second or slower

I will go the opposite way. Is there any way you can reduce the lighting to the tank?

Have a good think about that.
Also go to a good camera store and ask a profressional photographer.
Keith

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That sounds very strange to me. At iso 1600(!) and f/2.8 you should be able to shoot at well above 1/4 second. I routinely shoot at iso 200 at 2.8 or above and I'm still able to get bright sharp pictures. Make sure you're close to the tank so that there are no dark surrounding areas in the frame that could be throwing your meter off. if all else fails you can play around with using flash. Make sure you're not in manual mode, and make sure all your exposure compensation settings are at +/- 0. There may be something wrong with your meter if iso 1600 and f/2.8 won't allow you to shoot faster than 1/4 of a second...

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im heading into town next week so im going to get the guy at the camera shop to have a look at it, the autofocus refuses to work in a normally lit room and f2.8 is and 1/4 second is the only setting the auto mode will offer me and says its still to dark, im pretty sure there is a problem with the camera

Good call. That's a shame, from what I've heard the fuji s602 is a pretty solid camera... but maybe this'l give you the chance to update

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just for reference so i can try it, what settings do you guys use for fish pics? and how much tank lighting do you use when taking them?

iso 400, program mode with normal tank lights. i don't know the settings it comes up with, i just use "point and shoot" for most of my fish pics unless i go into super macro mode.

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I have a Nikon 4500

I use mainly Macro and on auto. I have no idea how to set up any thing else. As one professional photographer explained to me why use any thing else (unless you want something different) when camera companies spend millions of dollars setting up the Auto system.

All my lighting info is in
Have a look in [link=My Profile]http://
www.fishprofiles.com/interactive/forums/profile.asp?userid=6741" style="COLOR: #00FF00[/link] for my tank info

Also many of the photos I have posted in FP
[link=Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tanks]http://photobucket.com/albums/b209/keithgh/Betta%20desktop%20tank/" style="COLOR: #00FF00[/link]

Keith

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Iso 400 should be plenty in most aquaria with average lighting, although sometimes its the actual frequency of the bulb that annoys the camera,a lot of modern digital cameras have setting you can use for daylight, tungsten a , tunsten b etc. Not wishing to be rude , but in many cases its the hand that holds the camera that isnt steady, enough. Give it a go with a tripod.

This photo was taken in a tank lit by one purple tropical and one plant growth bulb, on macro, tungsten b, with a Canon s2 IS - ISO 400.



http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a245/longhairedgit/smallcory.jpg

i always use a tripod when trying to get good pics, the more i read the more i think there is a problem with the cameras sensors.
thanks all, will post an update when ive had the camera looked at.

ooh, i forgot to ask how your white balance is set? that might be giving you the dark exposures if your white balance is too far off.

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Fuji Finepix F401...thats what i have.
Someone knows the settings for this camera to get good pictures?

Robby

Last edited by Robby1619 at 20-Oct-2005 07:00

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Robby, that is a very simple camera and takes
great pix.
Use the macro mode (tulip button)
and just the auto.
Works great.


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