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so mrs moondog and i were in las vegas last weekend, and we visited caesar's palace, because they were advertising their new 50,000g sw aquarium. we borrowed our friend's digicam (a very cheap one, an olympus d-520) and the following pics are a result of what happens when you have no control over the settings of the camera whatsoever. (well, except for a few preset white balance filters )

first is some yellow fish-like thing

moondog attached this image:

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ok, let's try that again

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"That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman

second is either a fish, or a shark, or some reflection maybe




i don't remember what this was




this fish was very pretty ...i think




some blue fish with a horn on its head




there were about 6 of these guys in this tank, but they move a little too fast for my crappy camera




this was the only pic to turn out ok out of about 30 that i took and only because the subject stayed still long enough for the camera to focus on it



Last edited by moondog at 24-Jan-2005 00:38[/font][/font][/font][/font][/font][/font]

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"That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman

moondog

Am I allowed to ask why not take a good camera with you knowing what you about to see?

At least one good photo.

I have been saying this for a long time about cameras and a lot of Aquarium products. "You only get what you pay for" Quality cost but it is always worth it.

I saw some recent 35mm Kodak UW disposable photos taken while diving on the Great Barrier Reef & some land shots tanken by 6 & 8 Ylds better than a lot of digital photos I have seen.

Keith

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Were you using flash?

Usually flash makes the shutter speed higher.

To me it looks like you had the flash off.

keith, we had to borrow this camera because my "good" camera uses floppies and i have no floppy drive on my laptop. i'll be getting a very good quality camera of my own within the next few months, so the next time i take pics i can get good ones

and no flash, mainly because i don't want tank glare in every pic. the shutter speed might be faster, but the pics would have turned out worse, imho.

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"That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman

That is why you go at an angle, you wolnt get the glair.

I put mine on macro mode, then put the lens (gently) against the glass, so the flash cant show up in the pictures