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Aqua
AQUARIUM PHOTOGRAPHY
By Stefan Langenbach*
TIPS & TRICKS
The Right Camera
For fi sh photography you should
use a mirrorless camera because
you’ll be making a lot of pictures till
you’ve got THE picture you are happy
about. Without a mirror there is just
the mechanical shutter that can
wear out. Most mirrorless cameras
can make the picture even without
the shutter, and so the camera will
experience no mechanical wear out
while taking dozens of photographs
of your fi sh. Depending on the light
above the tank, you sometimes need
to use the mechanical shutter to
reduce the fl icker. The fl icker can be
caused by the power supply of the
light.
Deciding what kind of sensor the
camera should have is a bit more
complicated. There are three sensors
available which can be differentiated
by their size. The MFT-sensor is the
smallest one with the biggest depth
of fi eld and the smallest pixel size.
The APSC-sensor is the medium one
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with a good depth of fi eld and a nice
size of pixel. The Fullframe-sensor is
the biggest sensor with the smallest
depth of fi eld and the biggest size
of pixel. It doesn’t really matter
what kind of sensor you use, but it
always helps to check out how much
noise various sensors of different
manufacturers make.
Try to get a camera with a fast
autofocus and as many frames per
second as possible. The faster the
autofocus and the more pictures per
second you can make, the less time
you need to take a spectacular picture
of a swimming fi sh. If you want to
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take a picture of a shrimp while
eating or a pleco just lying around,
you don’t require a fast camera.
Always keep an eye on the lenses
for different cameras. Lenses for FF-
cameras are always more expensive
and bigger than lenses for MFT-
sensors. To make stunning pictures
of your fi sh, it is a good decision to
use a macro lens with a focal length
of more than 50mm if your fi sh is
small (less than 2 inches). If you wish
to take a picture of a fi sh bigger than
3 inches, you can easily use a normal
tele lens. Using a lens with internal
stabilisation and a good autofocus
engine will make a lot of things
easier for you.
Camera Settings
You should use an exposure time
of 1/250s because the fi sh is always
moving. While you are using that
exposure time, you can take the
pictures without using a tripod
and be more fl exible to react on the