New toy

[sunkenmetal]

Looks good sunny. Now I feel bad my pictures suck lol

[photogdude]

yep, sorry, i always think in terms of the plane of the sensor.

[SunnyHouTX]

Lens elements parallel, lens structure perpendicular

[ssrprelude]

Nope perpendicuar is correct

[photogdude]

don't you guys mean parallel to the front of the tank?

and great shot!

[SunnyHouTX]

Good start!

Thanks Jim. Untouched jpeg.

[SunnyHouTX]

When shoting thru thick glass try to keep the camera perpendicular to the tank. Keep shutter speed 1/60 or above, push ISO to 800 or 1600. Then change your auto focus points to just the center. Makes focusing on fast things a lot easier, usually the center sensor is the best one.

Yeah, ISO is between 800 - 1600 depending, shutter at 125 or faster and focus point is set to the center. F-stop at 1.8 - 2.8. Working on keeping the lens perpendicular to glass. Harder to do with eye on eyecup

[ssrprelude]

Good start!

[soymilk]

When shoting thru thick glass try to keep the camera perpendicular to the tank. Keep shutter speed 1/60 or above, push ISO to 800 or 1600. Then change your auto focus points to just the center. Makes focusing on fast things a lot easier, usually the center sensor is the best one.

[ssrprelude]

Only pro bodies have no on board flash.

[SunnyHouTX]

[SunnyHouTX]

It's got onboard flash

[myjohnson]

If the d200 is like the d2x then I assume it does not have on-board flash correct?

[SunnyHouTX]

How does the camera preform at ISO 800? Do you see a lot of noise? I was debating between your camera and the d90 when I first got my camera. I went with the d90 mainly b/c of the camera's performance at high ISO.

800 has a little noise in some photo, but I think that's because I have so little light in my tanks (enough for me though ). My 280 petro tanks is the one with the 3/4" and that's the one I've got issues with. Might also because the glass is hazy?

Yup, just turned the focus assist light on. Not much difference there.

Good advise on the flash. Will look for on ASAP.

[ssrprelude]

D200 is almost like my d2x except it has the cmos sensor. At 800 noise is there but still alright. Any higher than that and it will be too grainy.