Borrowing a friends camera .. need advice

[Seros]

So I am borrowing my friends digital slr camera its an olympus evolt e300. Does anybody use this one? He dosen't have a tank so he wasn't sure how to get the best pictures of the fish tank. Any tips to help me use this better. I only have it for a week so I would really appreciate any type of advice on useing these type of cameras.
Thanks!

[Rickyrooz]

Experiment with the shutter speeds and aperture settings.

[elvictre]

Ricky how should the lighting be in the room? Since my tank is in the wall should I have alot of light in the room or should I turn them off?

[Rickyrooz]

yes, turn the lights off and put the blinds down if you have windows. I still have some light shoot through the windows so I put up a blanket to make the room dark. Any background light will show up in the tank picture.

[furman589]

ah ill have to try that

[Scubaman]

put the camera in manual using a low f-stop (not sure exactly which since it depends on the lens). After that, raise the ISO so you can get a shutter speed of 1/100-1/200 or higher, but try not to raise the ISO past 400-800 or your photos may look grainy. Hope that helps