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[Help] Tips for sea life photos at aquariums?

I’ve been having issues getting decent photos of sea life at aquariums. I went to two different ones recently. I used a Canon R10 at both: for the first I took a 24 f/2.8 pancake lens and felt like the maximum aperture wasn’t providing enough light to autofocus fast enough. For the second trip, I used a 50 f/1.8 and that did...

kriz ,

A couple things to try for low light situations.

1). A tripod. This will help the background and anything static stay sharp. And it may help with something moving, as you are only dealing with the blur its movement is creating vs the blur of its movement + the blur of your camera movement not being locked down.

  1. Try to take your photo as a moving target changes direction. As the fish (or whatever) turns around, it will be still for a split secind. You have a better chance at a sharp image when that happens.
  2. Try to do a slower shutter speed and track with the fish. Keep the fish in frame and move the camera along with it as you take the picture. With luck you can get a sharp fish with a blurred background.
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