camera settings for led fixture photo shoot

[henrystyle]

Anyone know what camera settings are needed to photograph a tank while lit by royal blue leds?
I'm trying to capture the blue look in my picture just as my eyes are seeing it. Seems like the led blues are to bright for the camera to process. I'm using a 12mp point and shoot. I've been playing with the settings but cant get a good shot out of it....Might be time to upgrade to dslr camera.

 

[OzoneParkGuy]

Wish I could help you more....... try manual, or auto flash off. Or set to take the picture with nighttime setting or indoors.

 

[henrystyle]

Wish I could help you more....... try manual, or auto flash off. Or set to take the picture with nighttime setting or indoors.

Yea tried all of that. Leds are to damm bright...

 

[ming]

Lower the exposure if your camera has that setting

 

[henrystyle]

Lower the exposure if your camera has that setting

Are you referring to the ISO setting? I'm not a pro at this..

 

[ming]

Are you referring to the ISO setting? I'm not a pro at this..

Not really. Lowering the ISO setting does a couple of things. It'll probably make the picture a little darker, at the same time, it'll leave the shutter open longer. If you have a tripod and taking a pic of something which is NOT moving, then you'll get a clear pic. If a fish is in the pic and swims, you'll just see a blur. If you increase the ISO, it makes everything look brighter in low light conditions, but things look pixelated.

 

[Chraddam]

I just upgraded to a canon t1i with a cool macro lens. Some tips I have gotten that seemed to work with my olympus- shut off all the flow first before taking any pics. Try to have a little bit of white light to offset the blue, whether from the tank lights or the room. Use the macro setting for close-ups. Try doing top-downs as well as through glass shots. And yes, every p&shoot is different, play with the settings. You aren't going to get great shots, but they will be passable.

 

[ming]

A great camera without going into big $ from DSLR's from everything I read is the Samsung HZ50W

 

[jeremymerriam]

Anyone know what camera settings are needed to photograph a tank while lit by royal blue leds?
I'm trying to capture the blue look in my picture just as my eyes are seeing it. Seems like the led blues are to bright for the camera to process. I'm using a 12mp point and shoot. I've been playing with the settings but cant get a good shot out of it....Might be time to upgrade to dslr camera.

Does your camera have a manual white balance feature? If not, you want to shoot the picture at the closest color balance setting which would be "cloud cover". If the color still has too deep of a color cast, manually adjust the white balance to photograph at a higher temperature color.

In photography and retouching, we use white or grey cards but that doesn't work the same in an aquarium. If you had photoshop you could use ethe white, grey, and black droppers and find things that are those colors in the tank and click the dropper over it.

Hope that helps,

J

 

[jeremymerriam]

A great camera without going into big $ from DSLR's from everything I read is the Samsung HZ50W

avoid samsung cameras

Find an affordable camera that shoots RAW format. I would highly recommend the Canon G10 or G11 (they are around 500). Panasonic Lumix might even sell a RAW picture taking camera. With Raw format, you can download a free program (maybe adobe camera raw) and easily create the best color renditions in all situations.

 

[ming]

The samsung camera I listed above shoots in RAW format. Its a new model with pretty impressive specs and so far, really good reviews. I've actually never looked at samsumg cameras before this one because they're not known for their cameras

 

[jeremymerriam]

The samsung camera I listed above shoots in RAW format. Its a new model with pretty impressive specs and so far, really good reviews. I've actually never looked at samsumg cameras before this one because they're not known for their cameras

samsung is not a camera specialist and doesn't have the research power and innovation that better division like Nikon, Canon, and slowly panasonic (because of lumix) can produce.

Specs are useless and MPs too. It all depends on the CCD chip and the glass quality (lense). Avoid Samsung )

 

[henrystyle]

Does your camera have a manual white balance feature?

J

No, it has preset white balance setting....

 

[Bob 1000]

If it helps iphoto can raise the red balance and bring back a regular look to the shot.. But in general it's very hard to get a true clear macro shot with too0 much led blue..

 

[jeremymerriam]

If it helps iphoto can raise the red balance and bring back a regular look to the shot.. But in general it's very hard to get a true clear macro shot with too0 much led blue..

You can do miracles with RAW images from a camera

 

[OneTimer]

Any one want ot come to NJ and show me how to take a LED pictures with a Nikon D80?

 

[ellebelle]

You have to change the white balance and even then it will be difficult to get a "real" picture without photoshop to help you.

FYI, changing the ISO does not change the shutter speed. It's technically changing the sensitivity of light of the "film". When you increase your ISO, you are making your camera's sensor more sensitive to light. This means that you can increase shutter speed in low light conditions, but has the side effect of producing grainy shots. 100 or even 50 ISO is the least sensitive to light and requires longer shutter speeds/wider apertures, but these speeds produce the clearest photographs.

 

[jeremymerriam]

You have to change the white balance and even then it will be difficult to get a "real" picture without photoshop to help you.

FYI, changing the ISO does not change the shutter speed. It's technically changing the sensitivity of light of the "film". When you increase your ISO, you are making your camera's sensor more sensitive to light. This means that you can increase shutter speed in low light conditions, but has the side effect of producing grainy shots. 100 or even 50 ISO is the least sensitive to light and requires longer shutter speeds/wider apertures, but these speeds produce the clearest photographs.

Most cameras will hold up fine within the 50-400 range. Some of the highend cameras can shoot 1600 without most people noticing anything. The set ISO is actually the least grainy shot. 50 and 200 are actually about the same grain believe it or not

 

[ellebelle]

I notice. I have a high end camera and accidently left my camera on ISO 800 for shooting landscape photography the next day.

I usually use ISO 400 for reef tanks, which is what the camera automatically selects for me.

I will say, in actual film, I notice a difference between ISO 100 and ISO 200 in the same brand of film. I agree that digital looks all the same. I've never shot below 100.

 

[Melt]

if its to bright use a fast shutter speed....and you can have a bigger aperture (f-stop)..you can also try lowering the ISO..400 or lower...