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well, i finally got my new camera in the mail today i still haven't quite got it figured out, since it doesn't take quite the pics i was hoping for, although the model i tried out in the store was pretty good, so i think it's just a matter of finding the right combinations of settings to make it work. anyway, here are a few pics which i thought turned out pretty good. first, a full tank shot of my 50g:




and this is a closeup of my anubias showing 2 of the 3 flowers right now




and a super macro extreme closeup (almost) of one of the mts in my 10g:

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not bad, some r a bit blurry, but not bad

yeah, even with white balance set for my tank, i still couldn't get it to focus on the anubias very well. i am still playing with the settings though, hopefully it will get better

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moondog

Congrats on the new camera.
As far as the photos my first ones never even came out at all. At least yours are 100% beter than my first shots.
As they say "Practice makes perfect"

This might go against a few camera purists. As it was explained to me "These camera companies spend millions of $$$ on trying to perfecting a good AUTO setting why not use it" That is all I ever use. I select the Macro setting get the focus and fire away. That glare can be prevented by moving the overhead tank light away from the plant. Or what I do some times place my finger over the flash as to only get a partial flash.

Keith

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keith, i have 2 strip lights on top of my tank, and the white balance on auto came out with a green wash all over it i could try turning one of the strips off, but then i will not have quite enough light for the foreground of the tank. oh well, "practice makes perfect"

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Moondog !!! much better than the old one and you'll get everything working right soon enough.
One trick, your camera should have manual white balance, read up on that when you have a chance. Then it's a simple matter of using a piece of white plastic in the tank (yogurt lid) white balanceing and removing the plastic. Then the colors should be set just fine.

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i tried the manual white balance setting using the reflection off the anubias as my "white" it took away most of the glare in the tank and my java fern pic came out pretty nice afterwards, but still not focusing correctly

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MD

You might have to wait a little bit longer for the focus to be ready. Does a little light show up when it is ready to take a photo?

Keith

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i push the button halfway, i can *see* the focused image during its autofocus range, and then it stops slightly out of focus ] i'm hoping i can just play with some settings, but if i can't figure it out, then i'll have to call minolta and hope i didn't get a defective camera....

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MD

Ask on the WWW camera site I gave you. The answer will be there from someone.
PM me the model name and number and I will ask at my camera shop for you.

Keith

Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do.
I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT?
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konica-minolta dimage z3 camera

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Moondog mine will often do that to me as well, not quite sure I can suggest the workaround but I would suggest working on figuring out the super macro, that should help with it....also keep the water and glass clean, reduce glare lower filter settings ect ect ect... All that should help get the camera to only see what you want it to see.

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I need to calculate,what creates my own madness...
and I am waiting for disaster"

it's not just the aquarium, so i don't think cleaning the glass will help much on that

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MD

Here is the info I got from my camera store in Melb

Select the "TULIP" and press twice (this is a must)

Press shutter half way until beep.

It now should be in full focus

They tried it at 1cm it was perfect.

Another tip was to use the 35mm end, this is a must.

I hope you understand all this.

If all else fails read the book that is if you can locate that section and understand it.

Keith

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yeah, i understand. pressing tulip twice is super macro mode. the problem is, i'm not always shooting in super macro mode. i always press the button halfway until it beeps, that means that the autofocus (af) is locked in to its most definite focus. problem being, that sometimes, especially if you look at the anubias pic, the af will lock in slightly out of focus, and no matter how much i tried i couldn't get it to lock in focus. i just finished my big project for school due tuesday, so i will have lots of time to play with my camera this week. hopefully i can figure out what's going on. i have the af set to continuous af, this is supposed to reduce the time it takes to lock in, but i haven't noticed any of that yet

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