Freshwater

The 4MP takes close to photo lab quality pictures and is a good all-round
camera. The 5MP+ cameras are great for outstanding photo quality, but can
be very expensive. Generally, the higher the MP, the more expensive the
camera.
There are many advantages to using a digital camera. Most digital cameras
have an LCD (liquid-crystal display) screen, which allows you to see what the
captured image will look like before you take the photo, and also let’s you
preview it after you take the photo to see if it’s worth keeping. You can take
hundreds of photos on a typical memory card and only keep the very best.
Using a digital camera allows you to save on the cost of film that is often
wasted on shots that don’t come out well. And most digital cameras are very
light in weight compared to many film based models.
Printing your work
Once you have taken your wonderful fish photos with a digital camera, you
can print them out on your computer’s printer or email them to friends. You
can also scan film photos into a computer and print them out, too. For higher
quality prints, most film development shops can print your digital photos
directly from your memory card.
Computer-aided fish photography
In order to store your wonderful fish photos, you can turn to your trusty
computer. The images from your camera (and scanned photos) can be transferred
from your camera to your hard drive for storage. However, hard drives
can get viruses and crash or die, so if you have a CD burner, you should
transfer your images to a CD so that you have another copy.
Photos can also be altered and improved using different varieties of imagemanipulation
software, such as Adobe Photoshop (expensive) and Paint Shop
Pro (not so expensive). Many digital cameras come with basic software for
this purpose as well.
Many digital cameras also allow you to take digital
videos. Also, cheap “eyeball” webcams are
now available at most electronics stores. This
option is great for capturing an entire aquarium
Chapter 21: Recording Data and Photographing Fish
Aquarium webcams
of fish swimming happily in their aquatic home.
You could even make a Web site so that friends
and family (and you) can see your fish from anywhere
that has an Internet connection.
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