My digital pics of my plecos are always out of focus, HELP!

biohish · Post by **biohish** » 04 Jul 2005, 03:44

I keep trying to take digital pics of my two plecs, L066 and L200, in my tank but the pics are always out of focus.

I use a Minolta Dimage digital camera with 4x mega pixel, 3x optical. I try with flash, no flash, day, night, but nothing seems to work. My tank glass is clean. I think it is the water factor, but how do I get around that? How do people take the nice pics posted on this site?

Any help is appreciated.

biohish

Post by **Silurus** » 04 Jul 2005, 04:03

Your pictures are most likely out of focus because you have not set your camera to macro mode (if it has one). Check if your camera has a macro mode (usually denoted by a flower), as the regular setting on a point-and-shoot digicam has a much greater minimum focusing distance (which would explain why your pics are out of focus).

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 04 Jul 2005, 04:25

Here are links doing a Google search.
Aquarium Fish Photography

biohish · Post by **biohish** » 04 Jul 2005, 05:10

thanks guys for the tips and info.

Im getting better pics now, but still need to work on the angle, with experience will get better I hope.

biohish

Post by **Birger** » 04 Jul 2005, 06:21

Here is a link to a forum specializing in aquatic photography

http://aquatic-photography.com/forum/in ... rrerid=228