A camera to photo moving target

agrinnall

I would think that any photography of fish in a domestic environment is going to be tricky, you will have to deal with the refractive effect of the water, and also the glass if it's in a tank, and the light absorption. You may be struggling to get the necessary kit at your budget to overcome these issues even if buying second hand.

Norman_Castle

Borrow a basic camera to see what they can do. Set it to macro for close up pictures and try the high speed focussing options.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2012/7/photography

Technique is more important than the camera.

verityboo

Or something like a DJI gimbol and your existing phone? (If you have a compatible phone which can download the app and link to it)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/DJI-Osmo-Mobile-Stabilizer-Silver/dp/B01N1YLR1Q/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1515511714&sr=8-2&keywords=dji+osmo+gimbal

When switched on and connected to your phone it will smoothly track an object

Gloomendoom

agrinnall wrote: »

I would think that any photography of fish in a domestic environment is going to be tricky.

Not half as tricky as photography of fish in their own environment.

were

agrinnall wrote: »

I would think that any photography of fish in a domestic environment is going to be tricky, you will have to deal with the refractive effect of the water, and also the glass if it's in a tank, and the light absorption. You may be struggling to get the necessary kit at your budget to overcome these issues even if buying second hand.

Providing the lid is secure, you should be able to throw a blanket/towel over the tank, you and the camera to block off the reflective light coming from behind the camera side and bouncing off the glass.

agrinnall

were wrote: »

Providing the lid is secure, you should be able to throw a blanket/towel over the tank, you and the camera to block off the reflective light coming from behind the camera side and bouncing off the glass.

I mentioned refractive rather than reflective, although that's also something to consider, and with your solution you'd surely have to use flash making reflection even more likely.

were

agrinnall wrote: »

I mentioned refractive rather than reflective, although that's also something to consider, and with your solution you'd surely have to use flash making reflection even more likely.

The light from the tank should be enough, and also you get 'special' high k LED lighting that contains the high blue part of spectrum

this is taken about an inch away from the glass. Further from the glass and it virtually would be a mirror and would put me and the background in the picture and totally obliterate the wheel. The other half is with a coat over my head shielding the camera and glass.


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