Moose, thanks for the link to MBA, I'll leave the Mono pod then, look for a
rubber hood, Polarizer, but it is already really dark, that might be counter
productive?
Thanks for everything Moose, and Oh... On medieval tech support, I heard
that they will charge for new tech support, after Book II is released :-)
China has a different version, cause it opens from the other side and is
read in the opposite directions.
So many good ways to be bad!
Scott
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Moose
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 5:04 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Photo against aquarium glass
Scott Peden wrote:
> Any tips on how to shoot fish etc in an aquarium? I have the opportunity
to
> get a behind the scenes tour of Monterey Bay Aquarium this Saturday and
I've
> never been there before.
OMG!! Even without the behind the scenes part, a first visit is a
fabulous experience. Heck , even later visits are magic.
Here's what they have to say about photography
<http://www.mbayaq.org/vi/vi_aquarium/vi_aq_phototips.asp>.
Note two important things.
"some of our animals are very sensitive to flashes of light, and flash
photography is prohibited at their exhibits." My experience is that this
means "A flash is seldom useful, as the well lighted exhibits don't
require it, in fact come out better without it, and the ones where you
would need it are dim for the health of the creatures and so flash is
not allowed there."
"use of tripods or monopods is prohibited" Again, no great loss in my
experience, the critters are all moving, so a tripod wouldn't really
help. But it may save you from carrying something not useful.
> I assume the 14-45 will be OK, I do have a manual 50mm 1.9f lens, but am
still not doing well being able to tell when I have a manual lens in focus.
>
Obviously I don't know about the behind the scenes part. Some of the
exhibits are really dim, even the hallways are barely lit. I'm talking
"f1.8 @ iso 3200 still needs a shutter speed too slow to stop subject
motion" dim. But there are lots of other areas where picture taking is
fun and relatively easy.
Others have posted various good suggestions for dealing with glass and
flash. The problem I see is that much of the glass is really thick and
the surfaces aren't perfect, and those imperfections reflect light from
well in front of the lens, even pressed against glass. I didn't even
bring a flash the last time I visited, about 9 months ago.
The most imortant thing seems to me to be to enjoy yourself and not
worry too much about getting great photos. It's close by and you can
always go back - will want to, I bet.
> I have the E-500 and no external flash (I suppose I can leave the reverse
> macro ring home this time, huh?
>
> And just because the above topic is OT,
Huh??? Taking pictures with an Oly camera and Oly lens is off topic how?
Oh dear, I feel a tug on my leg.....
> here is something On Topic for this crew, (no, it isn't environmental
!!!!)
>
> Medieval tech support
>
I think response to this by me at this time might be unwise, other than
to say I enjoyed it and didn't know John Cleese had a close relative
living in Norway.
Moose
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