Lawchan marine tank part 2

[davechee]

Photography can be as poisonous as reefing man.

Tling, I used a Canon 7D and a Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lens. Am not really up to date on the latest cameras out there and their specs, but I would suggest looking for one that has a high ISO setting. My 7D can go up to 6400 but some models can go even higher. The higher the ISO, the easier it will be to "freeze" motion using higher shutter speeds, otherwise the fish will look like a blur.

If are thinking of taking close ups, then obviously a macro lens is preferable as well.

You're welcome to PM if you want to discuss.

[lawchan77]

this is only the left side right ?! Hahaha

haha.. this is the front view but partial only..

[lawchan77]

Yeah, forget about getting 30mm macro! Get yourself ultra wide or fish eye lens to capture your FTS.

hmmm... good idea. but i reckon i'll be using the macro more often to take corals and fishes leh.

[JeffL]

hmmm... good idea. but i reckon i'll be using the macro more often to take corals and fishes leh.

buy the whole set then!

Btw I think 30mm is a bit insufficient if you want really nice close up. Not familiar with Sony DSLR, is that model a full frame or crop body? I think you should consider 60mm or 100mm macro

[lawchan77]

ok.. this is the whole of my front tank shot.

taken by my trusty iphone 4S- with-no-wide-angle-lens-nor-fish-eye-thingy.

just pure aim and shoot during sunset mode. :lol:

Left side

right side

from the back

[lawchan77]

buy the whole set then!

Btw I think 30mm is a bit insufficient if you want really nice close up. Not familiar with Sony DSLR, is that model a full frame or crop body? I think you should consider 60mm or 100mm macro

huh? still got full frame or crop? i donnoe leh..

thats the only macro lens that sony has.. unless i get an adapter to fit other brand lens..which I'm also considering.

so many info.. thats why i cross eyed. not an easy decision to make.

[JeffL]

huh? still got full frame or crop? i donnoe leh.. thats the only macro lens that sony has.. unless i get an adapter to fit other brand lens..which I'm also considering. so many info.. thats why i cross eyed. not an easy decision to make.

Sony NEX-5N is 1.5x crop factor which means your 30mm would be 45mm only. At that focal length you can't take close up like the pic on my signature unless the target you are shooting is very near the glass or water surface.

This setup is more for taking close ups on items you can reach readily. For e.g food or product photography where minimum distance is not a problem. For aquarium, the glass is restricting your close up distance unless all your gems are right in front

[jquek]

huh? still got full frame or crop? i donnoe leh..

thats the only macro lens that sony has.. unless i get an adapter to fit other brand lens..which I'm also considering.

so many info.. thats why i cross eyed. not an easy decision to make.

The NEX-5N has an APS-C sensor (cropped).

I agree with JeffL, if the macro lens is for corals and fishes, I think you will find yourself hoping you have a longer reach. Try getting 100mm macro.

[tling]

ok.. this is the whole of my front tank shot.

taken by my trusty iphone 4S- with-no-wide-angle-lens-nor-fish-eye-thingy.

just pure aim and shoot during sunset mode. <img src='http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Left side

right side

from the back

Impressive tanks and worth 50k ! Thanks all the camera advice from all guys..

[honkit]

ok.. this is the whole of my front tank shot. taken by my trusty iphone 4S- with-no-wide-angle-lens-nor-fish-eye-thingy. just pure aim and shoot during sunset mode. :lol: Left side right side from the back

These are very nice snapshots of your gorgeous tank. I especially love your luminous green acro sameonsis and your purple tipped acro gemmifera.

[lawchan77]

this is a gorgeous pc.. sadly has been stning since yesterday. already fragged out what i can save and hopefully will stop the stn soon. *fingers crossed*

sadly this pc gave up on me.. it stn until botak even though i fragged twice in my attempt to save it.

some sps dont do so well with shipping i guess.. its usually the nicest ones.

[chercm]

did you get the TIR lenses ?

[lawchan77]

yes i did.. changed all 3 TIR lenses and also took pics to compare.

pictures are taken with ATI switched off.

Radion colour configuration as follows:

white light 40%

royal blue 100%

blue 100%

red 0%

Green 10%

conclusion:

light is more well spread. more surface area covered. no par meter to measure the intensity of light though.

[s0n1c87]

Very nice setup u hav there.

[lawchan77]

Update on the holy grail. Finally some success on this challenging pc..

Body was a little brownish when I first got it. Now the body is getting more beige than brown and the blue tips are more intense and traveling downwards.

17th Aug

Now

[yellowtang]

Good on you, Law. I still couldn't make it after do many attempts. The corallites are so thin and brittle , so sensitive, that I always had burnt tips and then the branch gone.

Now balance 1 left which I placed it at low flow, low light location. Not really growing nor color up. Hope it will not visit King Neptune.

Where do you placed your Scepter Echin ?

Mike

[honkit]

Good stuff and progress, Lawrence.

Mike, you might want to relocate your real deal echinata piece to a high light location as this will make the body turn white and the blue tips have a brighter colouration.

I have a frag of it which I place at a lower mid point of my tank but I can't place it higher due to a lack of available space.

[lawchan77]

Agree with honkit.

I place this in high light mid flow location and find it colour up best.

In fact I had broken my original frag into 3 frags when I first got it. I placed 1 frag each in low, mid and high location to see which one is best. The low light frag was the first to go.

Then the high light frag was coloring up nicely while the mid light pc was doing ok.. The side facing the light always seem nicer than the other side. So that's my conclusion.

[lawchan77]

just upgraded my iphone4s to IOS6. camera has a new feature called 'panaroma'... basically can take wide angle..

haha. here's my first effort in trying out the new feature during sun rise.

[lawchan77]

ok.. not exactly BFFs yet.. but at least they're not at each other's throat...

[HappyReef]

Nice tank, any update pls. Thanks

[Kakani]

ok.. not exactly BFFs yet.. but at least they're not at each other's throat...

Very nice pair of AT you got... Able to share what you do to keep AT from ich free in reef tank...

[lawchan77]

Nice tank, any update pls. Thanks

have not been updating my thread cos encountered some problems with my tank. lost a few pcs of treasured sps...

adding to the list of problems that i already have is i suddenly develop a skin reaction to sea water and coral contact.

its very discouraging and the forbidden thought of 'discom' has crossed my mind. but I'm still hanging in there and hope to work things out.

on the other hand, its encouraging to see bros taking their time to read my tank thread.. thank you.

[lawchan77]

Very nice pair of AT you got... Able to share what you do to keep AT from ich free in reef tank...

haha.. they are not ich free bro. ich still lurking around but under control.

[HappyReef]

have not been updating my thread cos encountered some problems with my tank. lost a few pcs of treasured sps...

adding to the list of problems that i already have is i suddenly develop a skin reaction to sea water and coral contact.

its very discouraging and the forbidden thought of 'discom' has crossed my mind. but I'm still hanging in there and hope to work things out.

on the other hand, its encouraging to see bros taking their time to read my tank thread.. thank you.

Sorry to hear abt ur loses n skin allergy. May strong will accompany u will overcome all these obstacles. Pls dun decom, as it will be a great loss n talent to us newbis to learn from u.

Cheers bro:)