Top Down Pics with Acrylic Boxes?

[Tom R]

I wanted to take some top down pictures and thought of building my own acrylic box. I went to Industrial Plastics to buy some acrylic and they had some premade boxes (10x4x3) for $10. The size of the box worked for my camera Canon G9 although a slightly larger (10x6x4) box would be better.

Tom R

[PixSell]

Check this article out...
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2008/5/aafeature2

The article has instructions on building your own boxes in a few different configurations.

Cheers, Chris

[sharuq1]

I wonder if it would work if you took one of those little 2.5 gallon tanks they sell at Petsmart and used that? They are like $15 I think. Might work? Yea/nea?

[PixSell]

Originally Posted by sharuq1

I wonder if it would work if you took one of those little 2.5 gallon tanks...

Ya, sounds like that'd probably work fine. Get one with a flat bottom so it doesn't hold air bubbles.

[S.D]

We purchased our acrylic box for taking pics from a company in the US called Drs. Foster and Smith.

Sarina

[Snappy]

I use an acrylic box for all my top down shots. If I didn't use it I'd always be fighting the glare. They work perfect to break the surface.

[Keri]

Originally Posted by S.D

We purchased our acrylic box for taking pics from a company in the US called Drs. Foster and Smith.

Sarina

Was it this?
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=16821

[S.D]

Hi Keri,

That's exactly the one we purchased, it works great for viewing corals and taking photographs.

Sarina