pepetj

Hi there fishlorians, I finally got a decent digital camera -my friend lend hers to me! a Sony Cyber-shot, and I need quick, simple to understand directions for me taking some at least decent pics. Most (almost 100%) of my pics are terrible. What are the tricks you use?
Do you who happen to post so beautiful pics give the fish Xanax? will Valium do? -Of course I'm kidding.
But how the -xxxx- do you do it?
Please consider you are willing to instruct a 1965 model -me- who used cameras that came with rotating flashcubes that ignited through a "clip-snap" (which sometimes failed).

Pepe
Santo Domingo

PS Laugh all you want, but take your time to help me out.

Butterfly

Take many, many, many pictures and you will get a few that satisfy. Thats the best advice I can give you.
Most of the time I take pictures with the room lights off and the tank lights on. also if using a flash angle the camera just a bit and it won't reflect off the back of the aquarium.
I remember those flashcubes also and you're right sometimes they didn't ork
I use a Dinosaur of a camera right now. It uses Floppy disc and then I just pull the floppy out and put it in the computer and look at them, then delete what I don't like. i really want a good digital but it's not gonna happen right now
Carol

pepetj

I do have a dinosaur camera like yours, it works fine, but my floppy disk unit in the PC seems to be damaged (just when I wanted to transfer my first fish pics!). I love that camera, by the way, althought resolution is not that good, I know how to use it. These one I have, I... just don't understand all the icons and the manual is not with me.
Thank you for the angle and lights suggestions

Pepe
Santo Domingo

PS Gotta go pick up my wife at the Airport, she's coming home from Ft. Lauderdale (spent the weekend there), can't wait to see her face when she finds out the Red-Salmon Rainbowfish are home!