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Today I decided I was sick of taking terrible pics of my fish with my cheap camera, so I splurged on a Kodak 7530 5.0 MP. Here are some of the first pics I got with it.

A. robertsoni (female I believe ~4.5-5"


Festae (Red Terror) pair


Male festae ~7"


Male festae again, looking out of a cave/rock formation where the pair have previously spawned twice.


Female festae ~5.5" and small convict in background (I was so eager to try the new camera, I forgot to clean the glass first:%))


Arrowhead puffer ~4"


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[span class="edited"][Edited by jason_r_s 2004-08-25 01:15][/span]

Jason
Excellent photos all round. Have a close look and you can see the water marks on the glass. That is the trouble having a good camera it picks up every thing.

I was having little dots pinpoint size in my photo I cleaned the glass both sides but still marks. I had a look at the out side of the glass from a side view and there they were. Water spots, these stains took me a long time to remove them with soft kitchen paper and metho.

Have you tried any Macro shots yet?

Keith

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Thanks!

I know about the water marks...I was too excited to try out the camera and forgot to clean the glass first:%)

Don't know about macro options yet for this camera. I'm still playing around with it and trying to get the hang of it.

Jason

Great shots I am in the same boat trying to take fish shots with my canon zr45 camcorder quality awfull.
Jason, if you don't mind me asking what type of $$ would that model run as I am in the market.

had a look @them jason congrats on the new camera, pretty decent quality for a kodak (I'll hold my other comments ).

Were you shooting with macro? if not I'd suggest it .

and *lobs teeny-tiny handfull of purple gravel in celebration*


^_^

Jason

All my photos are taken on "Auto" There are several reason the main reason is I have not finished my Dr at uni yet on how to read and understand a digital camera instruction manual.

Secondly I just do not know how to adjust all the bits corectly for the reason above.

Finally as was explained to me by a professional photographer "The good camera makers have spent millions developing the (Auto) system so why not use it. Any/most alterations can be done an a good computer program"

Keith

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thanks. this camera has several built in settings. i've gotten the best pics so far with the 'close-up' setting (which I noticed has a tulip). I've gotten through part of the manual so far.

Jason

ps. glass is cleaner on the new pics