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10-05-2003, 04:43 AM
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I think you will find that camra brands are as heated topic as DSB or bare bottom
 I for instance love my fuji (all 1500.00 of it  ) but the average person is not going to buy a camra that is in the "Prosumer" class having said that Fuji makes some exelent sub $400.00 cameras. If I was to buy any other camera other than a fuji, it would probably be a nikon. But even then there are only certian models I would look at. Every "large" brand has good cameras you just have to find them, but brands like HP, Vivitar and such are cheep price/quality cameras that are marketed for the people who want to put snaps of there family on the web for others to see. what you should look at for a camera that is good for pics of your fish tank is 1, a good rated Macro setting. 2, a user definable/custom white ballance. 3, good optical zoom levels (forget about digital zoom you want a 6+ or higher optical zoom) 4, manual control option for at LEAST focus, shutter speed and apatrue. 5, a wide range of both the apature setting and shutter speed. and the ability to add filters and such is a bonus also. the next most important chunk of equipment is a tripod. don't skimp on this I bought a 50.00 one and now I am looking for a good one If you have the following with a bit of luck you can take astonishing pics once you figure out how to use them all in conjunction on your tank. Oh almost for got the biggest secreat that I am sure SamW will agree with me on. Take a tone of pics of each thing and only keep the best one for people to see as for every "awsome" pic you have you will have between 100 and 400 good, medeoker and totaly bad pics. well maybe I am exagerating a little but I only keep about 1 in 32 pics of my tank on average. sometimes I will shoot 100 pics and not like any whare other days I will shoot 30 and keep 20. Steve
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10-05-2003, 04:49 AM
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 Yeah, I like to take 2 or 3 shots of each scene to make sure at least one of them was focussed properly. I haven't been researching cameras lately but when I was, the Nikon and the Canon were the forerunners. To me, it came down to the Nikon something (can't remember) and the Canon G2 and Powershot S40. I ended up with the S40 but now wished I got the G2 for its superior macro capability when used with the add-on macro lens. Check out G2: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canong2/page20.asp S40: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons40/page16.asp Click on the listbox at the top to see the rest of the review.
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10-06-2003, 05:41 AM
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Bob I have no interesting frags to trade, no equipment or anything either. How about a house plant?
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10-07-2003, 03:25 PM
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From all the answers and suggestions, it looks like it would be economically unsound to even consider another camera jut to take fish pictures. The HP is fine for scenery photos, which was the original purpose of buying it. I really don't need another expensive hobby. But thanks to all who contributed.
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10-07-2003, 05:51 PM
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Bob, you've had some pictures turn out fine - maybe not macro close-ups, but clear enough. Find out what settings produce the best results for you, and go with that. Find a sturdy little table if you don't have a tripod, set it at the correct distance and height, and go to town. Once you've found the "sweet spot" for that HP, you can take as many shots as you care to, with the hopes that at least some will be keepers.
Even Steve throws out the vast majority or his shots, apparently, and he has a high-falutin' Fuji unit. You've got to make the best of what you've got, like me. 
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10-07-2003, 07:03 PM
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My old HP Bob worked well for pics of snakes in the grass kinda shots.
Mountain Peaks and such. not good for tank shot's as I have mentioned
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10-09-2003, 01:33 AM
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Bob I have been thinking about your camera problem. I have a cannon G2 with all the macro stuff on it. If you would like I can come over and we can take a couple of shots. You could a have picture like this
 IF you would like some of these...well let me know
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10-09-2003, 04:07 PM
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Well Ross, I am planning to bottle some wine this weekend, and if I try a few samples, I could probably come up with a picture like that without getting a new camera.
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