How to take pictures of your tank

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How to take pictures of your tank

How come not many people take pictures of their tank??

Actually I don't know, I have always enjoyed taken pictures of a lot of different things, including my freshwater tank.

Here is how I do:

Using my Nikon F-50 SLR camera with a 35-80 mm lens

I use a tripod, to prevent shaking of the camera.

I always uses Kodak Gold ASA 400 films. Because I like the colors I get, and also it's pretty light sensitive.

Normally I don't need to use a flashlight, but if I have to I always take the picture in an angle to prevent that the flash reflects in the glass.
Here you can see what happens if you catch the reflection of the flash.

In my opinion that sure doesn't look very nice.

Here are some examples of pictures I have taken with this camera:
Sorry still need to find them first :-)

Using my Digital Camera
Sony Mavica MDC-5

Taking pictures of my tank with this camera is quite easy. I simply just do it.
It's quite light sensitive, so I never had the need to use the flashlight.
And the best part is, the pictures get saved in JPG in 640*480 pixels, directly to a 3.5" diskette which I just insert to my PC.
Since I got this camera I haven't taken one single picture of my tank with the Nikon.
Here are some examples of pictures taken with that camera:

Using my Nikon F-50 SLR camera with a 35-80 mm lens

Using my Digital Camera Sony Mavica MDC-5

Using my Digital Camera
Sony Mavica MDC-5