ive bought a digital camera so now everytime i go fishing ill take a few pictures for you all to see will this be ok?

[ 04. September 2005, 07:51 PM: Message edited by: zenith10 ]

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please yourself ,i hope it has a powerfull macro

digital cameras are great you can look at the pictures as soon as you get home instead of waiting for the film to be developed. great if you have caught a big fish that you can't wait to see the picture of.

sods law i always forget to take mine

zenith10 - by all means post pictures of catches you enjoyed and of the lake/river.

What do people find the best way to take your fish photos when you're on your own?
I suppose propping it up on your tackle box and setting it to auto would work. I've just bought one of those bankstick converter gizmos from a chap on ebay, but haven't had the opportunity or reason to use it yet

See my field test of the Kaiser Air Release at http://anglers-net.co.uk/reviews/kaiser.htm

Bankstick converters are little use (banksticks quiver in the wind, leading to blurred pictures) - you need a small, lightweight tripod.

Delayed action shutter release is unsatisfactory - fish has to be laid down between shots, whereupon the angler has no control over the fish and it may injure itself.

To do the job properly, you need some sort of remote shutter facility (my choice is an infrared "zapper" - but you need a compatible camera). And best of all, you need a flip-around viewing screen (Canon G4, G5 and G6, for example) so you can frame the shot without too much extraneous background. Such a camera doesn't come cheap - expect to pay around £400.

For trophy pics, set the camera for fill-in flash, no matter whether it is sunny or dull - P (programme) setting is ideal for this).

I agree with everything that Jim says.

However, if you use an air release you don't need the remote shutter release that Jim prefers. This means that you have a wider range of cameras to choose from with a flip-round screen. For instance the excellent Canon A95 can be found for as little as £170.

I had it's predecessor, the A80, but have just bought the Canon S2 IS. This takes up to 10 pictures on self-timer without having to put the fish down or squeeze the remote release again. It fires again as soon as the flash has recharged. The self-timer can be set so that the first picture is taken after anything from 2 to 60 seconds.

It also has image stabilisation that enables pictures to be taken in poor light without flash but, like Jim, I find I get better trophy shots with the flash on - even in bright sunshine.

Image stabilisation also reduces camera shake, enabling pictures to be taken at a lower shutter speed. This means that you can close the lens right down for maximum depth of field - this means that more of the scene will be in sharp focus.

By the way, don't buy a digital camera for fishing without focus assist. Without it pictures in poor light are liable to be out of focus. The Canon focus assist system works in complete darkness.

Like Jim I carry a lightweight tripod. However it may be possible to use a bankstick adaptor with image stablisation - I'll report back in due course.

By the way, the bankstick adaptor I'm about to order is the Gold Label model that incorporates a ball and socket head to change the angle of the camera.

Has anyone used one? In particular, does it enable the camera to be turned on its side for upright shots?

I would agree that the usual 1/2"dia. extendable banksticks are unstable but 3/4 inch dia. non-extending banksticks are OK.

There is also a mini tripod available which incorporates a clamp (to a chair?) and a fully adjustable head.

The legs unscrew and store inside the body, you should be able to pick one up in a camera shop for probably less than a tenner

couldn't find one (quickly) on the net so here's a pic of mine:-