canon powershot a 70

[scottie-rox]

I like this camera, but it is hard to catch a fish in motion with it because of the digital delay. I have found it best with all the lights off in the room and the flash off as well. Anyone know anything about this camera, or any better methods of shooting fish?

[gumhead]

The way you are shooting is great, no flash and the room lights off. The lag time for the shutter on this camera is only 0.1 sec. But the focus lag time on the A70 is kinda slow, up to 1.4 secs. I would try using manual focus and try to predict where the fish will be in focus. This will shorten the lag time of the camera, because it will not have to auto focus.

If you are taking pictures of faster swimming fish it is better not to use a tripod and to follow the fish with the camera and snap the picture. Make sure to follow threw, keep the camera on the fish even while taking the picture. In most cases this will keep the fish from becoming blurred with slower shutter speeds.

What type and wattage are your lights?

[scottie-rox]

45 or less, on my current african chiclid tank

[gumhead]

45 watts or less?

It will be really hard to get a good picture of a moving fish with that low of light and no flash. It would be like taking a picture of a kid running around a room that was lit by a 45 watt bulb. I was thinking it was a reef tank with brighter lighting. I would suggest putting the camera as close as possible to the glass and using the flash. I would also look into off camera slave flashes. Do you have a reef tank with more light? If you could use that light from a reef tank and put it on the chiclid tank just for pictures, that would work.