Andreas Werth
06-19-2006, 4:03 PM
Hi!
Have you ever tried to make aquatic photos with your P&S camera without flash?
Since integrated flash is a big problem to use for aquatic photography and a source for many errors (reflections, false colours, strong shadows...), abandonment of flash could be a way to success.
The problem: you need enough light to get sharp photos. Therefore you need to adjust high ISO and small f/stop numbers to be able to use suitable shutter speeds.
The difficulty: you canīt go very high with ISO (since this is not a strength of P&S cameras)
ISO 200 is already very noisy with most of the cameras. Of course you can (and should) use a denoising tool to improve the results. Another problem: shutter button lag.
The advantage: depth of field is bigger with P&S at the same object distance than with dslr. Therefore you can work with larger f/stops (smaller f/stop number) to get the whole or at least the necessary part of the fish into focus.
In my opinion one can be successful with slow fishes. Fast swimmers are very difficult if not impossible under normal tank illumination.
Iīm interested in your best results.
Have you ever tried to make aquatic photos with your P&S camera without flash?
Since integrated flash is a big problem to use for aquatic photography and a source for many errors (reflections, false colours, strong shadows...), abandonment of flash could be a way to success.
The problem: you need enough light to get sharp photos. Therefore you need to adjust high ISO and small f/stop numbers to be able to use suitable shutter speeds.
The difficulty: you canīt go very high with ISO (since this is not a strength of P&S cameras)
ISO 200 is already very noisy with most of the cameras. Of course you can (and should) use a denoising tool to improve the results. Another problem: shutter button lag.
The advantage: depth of field is bigger with P&S at the same object distance than with dslr. Therefore you can work with larger f/stops (smaller f/stop number) to get the whole or at least the necessary part of the fish into focus.
In my opinion one can be successful with slow fishes. Fast swimmers are very difficult if not impossible under normal tank illumination.
Iīm interested in your best results.