Just go a FZ20 as a gift

[T1KARMANN]

Hi im new hear and to tell the truth dont know much about taking pics
but hope to learn what i need to know from this great site

well hear we go i am into keeping very high end tropical fish and have always had problems getting good shots with the cam i had not that good i know it was a olpimpus mju 400

well it was my birthday a few days ago and i was give a FZ20 which im hopeing will be good enought to take the sort of shots i want

the main problem i had with the MJU400 was that i was always getting reflection from the flash of the tank glass and one fish that is very matalic

any tips or extra bits of kit you guys think i would need to get the best out of the fz20 when takeing water shots through glass

thanks in advance

Richard

[gattaca]

Get a Circular Polarizing filter.

Either a 72mm one (size of FZ20's lens thread) OR
have it in any other size (55mm, 58mm, 62mm etc) and get an adapter to step down from 72mm to whatever size u got.

[genece]

The polarizer may be a good Idea but dump the Panasonic adapter and get an aftermarket one like Lovelifes...That will save the price of the adapter when you purchase the filter and will also allow the use of a closeup lens which I bet you will find that you would also like .

[T1KARMANN]

Originally Posted by genece

The polarizer may be a good Idea but dump the Panasonic adapter and get an aftermarket one like Lovelifes...That will save the price of the adapter when you purchase the filter and will also allow the use of a closeup lens which I bet you will find that you would also like .

thanks for the help

im so new to takeing shots its not funny and am just hoping that the fz20 does what i want it to do

can you give me a link or the name or makes of the bits of kit you think i will need to get the shots im after

im also getting lots of refection from one type of fish im taking pics of as it is far more matalic than the rest

the fish are not small at around 14inch

[genece]

Here is a link to the stuff lovelife has for sale...his site is very hard to navigate so you may do better sending him an Email and tell him what you want or point him to this thread and he will fix you up.

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZjkQ2dconsultants


Lovelifes Email

lovelife@att.net
or you can send a message on Ebay.

[meillana]

read this in a book and tried once on an aquarium tank (also in windows) and got good results with my fz20. i put the lens squarely on the glass and fired away. no flash but tried several settings (depending on the available light) in aperture priority mode from about 1/30s to 1/200s. hope this helps.

[rduve]

Originally Posted by gattaca

Get a Circular Polarizing filter.

Either a 72mm one (size of FZ20's lens thread) OR
have it in any other size (55mm, 58mm, 62mm etc) and get an adapter to step down from 72mm to whatever size u got.

A linear (less expensive) polarizer does actually just as good of a job.

[dev]

olpimpus

[T1KARMANN]

Originally Posted by dev

olpimpus

i knew someone would find that funny