as i fish alot on my own i tend to take all my pics off tripood.is there any settings that would improve the quality of my pics. its jsut a point and shoot camera
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Re: tripod settings
Neil,
The only thing I could suggest is to use the “fill in” flash setting. This works well for many fishy pictures in daylight. You’ll have to check your flash settings on the camera. On my Sony compact I use a “slow synchro” flash setting in daylight and the effect can be great.
Night time is tough on all cameras so I don’t think there’s much you can do there other than bringing a generator and flood lamp

The only thing I could suggest is to use the “fill in” flash setting. This works well for many fishy pictures in daylight. You’ll have to check your flash settings on the camera. On my Sony compact I use a “slow synchro” flash setting in daylight and the effect can be great.
Night time is tough on all cameras so I don’t think there’s much you can do there other than bringing a generator and flood lamp

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Re: tripod settings
cheers jim
i find that somtimes theres a distortion between the fish and my outline, and the background.seems to blend into one rather that a sharp contrast between each,
i find that somtimes theres a distortion between the fish and my outline, and the background.seems to blend into one rather that a sharp contrast between each,
shore species 2008(25):dogfish(3.1lbs), bull huss (12lb 2oz), bass, shore rockling, coalie, whiting, pollack, conger (22.4lbs),flounder, thick lipped mullet (4.8lbs),turbot,ling (11.2lbs),ballan wrasse(4.5lbs), cuckoo wrasse, pouting, poor cod, cod (9.5lbs), dab, 3 bearded rockling, long spined scorpion fish, corkwing wrasse, plaice, trigger fish, sea trout, garfish
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Re: tripod settings
Neil,
The manual says that the “Slow Synch” is meant to get the background in better in lower light. I find that it gives better colour separation and the fish looks better as you may get a shine off a wet fish. I’d put it this way, I’ll use a flash more often than not.
The manual says that the “Slow Synch” is meant to get the background in better in lower light. I find that it gives better colour separation and the fish looks better as you may get a shine off a wet fish. I’d put it this way, I’ll use a flash more often than not.
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Re: tripod settings
ok cheers jim. just have to catch a fih worth taking a pic of now.
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Re: tripod settings
Spot on Jim,
I little bit of fill in flash can be the business... I'll try root out an example and post this evening.
Kev
I little bit of fill in flash can be the business... I'll try root out an example and post this evening.
Kev
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