Best aquarium camera

[masta man]

I have been looking for a good dslr camera and I was looking at the Nikon d40 I don't want anything over 600. I just want a opinion on the best camera for the job of taking pictures of my aquarium. With the advanced point and shoot I have I can't zoom and it is so slow I can't get a good shot off. Heres my best pic.

It just has that residual blurriness that I can't figure out how to fix.

 

[05xrunner]

there is no best camera.

 

[steagfs]

I have a nikon d50 and absolutly love it, so Im sure you cant go wrong w/ the newer d40.

 

[travis99]

true there is no best camera, it is all about learning all the benifits a dslr can offer you.
A nikon d40 is a nice camera, for a consumer. I think that would be a great choice for your bidget. You may want to consider getting nikons 50mm 1.8 lens as well.
1.8 apeture allows you to increase the speed of you shutter, thus eliminating blur and camera shake.
Travis

 

[travis99]

Plus if you get photoshop you can always spruce the up a bit.

 

[05xrunner]

Originally Posted by travis99
true there is no best camera, it is all about learning all the benifits a dslr can offer you.
A nikon d40 is a nice camera, for a consumer. I think that would be a great choice for your bidget. You may want to consider getting nikons 50mm 1.8 lens as well.
1.8 apeture allows you to increase the speed of you shutter, thus eliminating blur and camera shake.
Travis
50mm 1.8 is not compatible with the D40...well I guess it is. but it wont be autofocus..Manual focus only because the D40 has no pin drive

 

[travis99]

I would get the d80 then.

 

[saltn00b]

for under 600 you arent going to get a SLR, unless its used on

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your best bet is likely something from the semi-pro line like Canon's S2is / S3is camera.
a lot of functionality and custom options 12x optical 48x digital zoom, etc etc.
its there line of cameras just under the SLRs and take good shots.

 

[masta man]

I can go up to 800, but I wanted to save enough to buy a really good lens.

 

[saltn00b]

the above mentioned camera is 5-700, you arent going to get a SLR for under a grand last i checked.

 

[trigger11]

Well, I have a Canon EOS Rebel XTI on order and I paid less than $900 for it. Plus, it has a 2GB memory card with a 2 year warrenty. So they have definitely come down in price. I think they are even less than that on some sites I have seen. However, my credit is not that great so I had to use an existing place I had credit with.

 

[05xrunner]

you can find Canon XT DSLR used really good shape ones for under 500..and then you could get the Sigma 17-70 lens and have a NICE little starter camera.

 

[maxalmon]

One trick I've found is that you have to have your glass ultra clean on the inside of the tank and I'm talking "just scraped clean" Seems that with just an almost invisible coating of algae, gunk, whatever it throws the auto focus off.....I'll try and post a before and after and I have a crappy sony, it helped with the focus issue

 

[saltn00b]

i found autofocus takes too long, is usually incorrect... so i always use manual focus when shooting in the tank coupled with Multi-drive, you end up with a lot of pics, but a much higher percentage of keepers.

 

[05xrunner]

autofocus between DSLR and point and shoot is night and day difference

Look into a used XT and a sigma 17-70..great combo.