Weetabix7 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 My Suggestion I've always loved Canon cameras...easy to use, compact and takes GREAT pics. A very good suggestion. I have a Canon PowerShot A720 IS that I love. And P&S from that series is good, as well as the Canon SD series, as linked above. One of their strengths is that they took pretty good Macro shots, and they have a lot of different options. Link to comment
scooternerd Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 @ OP, i love the pico! What do you do, several water changes to keep things in check? Thats the method im going to subscribe to for awhile and see if growth improves on everything in the tank...if not, ill need to look into another avenue for growth. i do bi weekly water changes of 20% i stir the DSB once every other day sometimes daily the mangroves help out also. the weird thing about the mangroves is they are getting 0 artificial light and are doing better then under a 6500k spot light! oh well as long as it works! thanks on the cam suggestion jz and weeti! evry one else :P i may just bite the bullet and spend a little extra on an actual camera. i saw THIS camera . any good? Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Well wait, what light are the Mangroves getting? I'm just curious cause I'm gonna put a couple of Mangroves in the 10" cube I'm putting together and they will be getting sunlight only, not artificial light. Link to comment
scooternerd Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 Well wait, what light are the Mangroves getting?I'm just curious cause I'm gonna put a couple of Mangroves in the 10" cube I'm putting together and they will be getting sunlight only, not artificial light. they are getting sunlight through the blinds but very little as the window is about 12" away and on the north side of my house Link to comment
scooternerd Posted October 17, 2009 Author Share Posted October 17, 2009 few shots from today. i have seen 2-3mm of growth from this green slimer frag already!! imagine that! under PC lighting hammer pink panthers superman monti (with sand on it) stupid CBS! orange center no names EE's mangroves are doing extremely well! FTS Link to comment
scooternerd Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 updated my FTS in first post for monday 9-18-09 per the rules Link to comment
asting Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Looking good. I saw that Pentax you posted. The problem is that it's not one of the big players, IE not thousands of accessories and lenses to chose from. The Nikon D40 would be a better bet, and it costs a tad less. It has the same MP (which is irrelevant, truly the quality of pixels matters). Then, you could get an old manual focus and meter macro lens for under $50, or use the stock kit lens for decent pics. That's the route I went. I love the camera, and I use the kit lens for quick focusing for my fast fish, and the old macro lens for closeups of coral, etc. I paid ~$430 for a factory demo roughly a year ago, so you should be able to find similar, if not better prices. If you can step up, the next best camera I'd reccomend is the Canon T1i. It's a next gen camera compared to the D40, and plays like one. It's got HD video (which is cool, but not the main purpose), great quality, fantastic low light performance, and a slew of other features. This one is a much bigger price tag to chew on: roughly $800 when you're said and done. I'm more of a nikon guy myself, but the new Canon T1i has made me reconsider. If I didn't have lenses and accessories I'd be switching to canon Also, the body is important, however the lens is more important. A good lens can cost $10,000 for a professional photographer, while a flagship camera body costs in the range of 2-3,000. You should budget or at least plan on upgrading and adding lenses in the future, while the body is something you could use for years. The lenses also go from body to body. My favorite lens is at least 20 years old, meant for film SLR's. You'll be much happier getting any DSLR over the P+S because of lens flexibility, but also if you spend $100 less on the body, and $100 more towards a new lens you'll get better results. At any rate, as long as you go DSLR and stick with one of the major two players there will be plenty of options and you'll be on the right track. Link to comment
Sushi Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Love the tank, the new chain is nice Link to comment
scooternerd Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 Love the tank, the new chain is nice thinking of gold plating them bling bling! Link to comment
hayseed777 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I like it. I think you should give Ripley some acans to stomp on in the vast expanse of sea floor. Link to comment
scooternerd Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 I like it. I think you should give Ripley some acans to stomp on in the vast expanse of sea floor. yeah right! acans are for rich folks! best she is getting is some sps that i got free thats her name thanks hayseed Link to comment
hayseed777 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Lol, no problem. Has she destroyed anything lately? Link to comment
scooternerd Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 Lol, no problem. Has she destroyed anything lately? nope just some macro that i stuck in there! she efen ate it! lmao all of it! Link to comment
got2envy Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Shrimpz have to eat too u know Ripley is bad ass. Link to comment
scooternerd Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 Shrimpz have to eat too u know Ripley is bad ass. i know but i feed her like ten pellets a day! fattening her up for thanksgiving Link to comment
scooternerd Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 just like to add that my xenia is attached to the false wall already! exactly as planned muauauuauauaahhahahahahahahaa Link to comment
scooternerd Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share Posted October 23, 2009 took out my SM monti. CBS kept knocking it over. i added the 5.00 back in to the budget. per the rules this is allowed. Link to comment
illuminano Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 I'm just not sure your threads title is obnoxious enough. Try out something different Link to comment
scooternerd Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share Posted October 23, 2009 I'm just not sure your threads title is obnoxious enough. Try out something different ok thanks is this thread in the lounge? Link to comment
scooternerd Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 my CBS/ alien molted again today she is glowing! Link to comment
scooternerd Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 took out my EE frag CBS keeps moving them! 12.00 back on da budget biches might add some more sps and lps this week a have a small orange didgi monti and a small duncan frag i want to add. Link to comment
lajz9 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Nice, the duncan would be a great addition. Link to comment
scooternerd Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 thanks guys. the orange digi looks like it giving a peace sign! Link to comment
lajz9 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 thanks guys. the orange digi looks like it giving a peace sign! Aah, an old school hippie eh? Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.