Check out my watchman and pistol shrimp!

[Salt Creep]

http://home.earthlink.net/~kenuy/1202gobyshrimp1.jpg

More new pictures of my tank at: Picture archive 10 (http://kensreef.tripod.com/picarchive10.htm).

Ken

[matrixnyc]

Great looking photo :) The watchman and pistol shrimp aren't bad either :)

What camera did you use to get that photo?

Looks very good

[Salt Creep]

Sorry, I couldn't tell you... all I know about the camera is that it was big, heavy, expensive and wielded by the talented hands of Greg Rothschild (http://www.gregrothschild.com/)! :)

Ken

[Pineapple House]

wow, that's just beautiful Ken! I checked out some of the archives, some are just amazing! :-D

PH =)

[LarzOMarz]

Verrry nice. What kind of camera?

Larz

[Salt Creep]

Most of the pictures on my website are taken with a Sony Mavica. I'll ask Greg to chime in and tell us about the camera used for this particular photo.

Ken

[gregr]

hiya-
that was a Canon D60 i used for Ken's pics. great camera!
greg

[matrixnyc]

You take some amazing pictures :)

Is the canon D60 digital?

what is the cost of it? Bet a lot :)

[gregr]

thanks!
yeah- it's a digital slr and it costs about $2k.
greg

[Pineapple House]

thanks!
yeah- it's a digital slr and it costs about $2k.
greg
Wow that's a lot! :shock: May I ask how many Mega Pixels it has? :)

PH =)

[Fiji Live Rock]

Yea.

Canon highline cameras are good.

I have a Canon EOS A2 35mm (Nothing like 7 shots per second) with a Sigma standard/macro 28-80 lense and a Sigma Telephoto 170-500 (1:5-6.3) and all the little trimings.

The setup above cost me $3k [Give or take about $100] (Retail would have been over $4.5k)

I will post some photos I took when I was in the Amazon Rainforest in Peru back in 2001.

Anyway...if you got the cash to spend and want a GOOD camera...go with Canon.

[matrixnyc]

you should take a look at this post:

http://reeflounge.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1014

maybe you can get one of your photo's on the cover :)

[gregr]

hi Graham-
the D60 is 6mp.
i'll go take a look at that link too- i'd love to have a cover shot :)
greg

[matrixnyc]

here is the link to the photo contest :)

http://www.theimac.org./photocontest.htm

[phistio]

i'm more partial towards the nikon system...i shoot on a 4004 right now, and have quite a few lenses...

it's my hope to get either get a nikon D100 (built on the N-90 frame) or a fuji S2Pro, (also built on the nikon N-90 frame)...the D100 is a bit over 5Mp, and the S2 is in the 6+Mp bracket, although, ideally the S2 has the capability to record over 12Mp's with Super CCD (much higher compression)... :shock: :shock: :shock:


respectively, the D100 runs $2G's, and the S2 about $2,600...

this is an awesome digital camera link!!!

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/FujiS602Z/Images/superccd1.gif

[matrixnyc]

gregr,

Did you sign up to get your photo on the IMAC cover?

Do you need us to vote for you or anything to get you on it, let us know.

[Zack]

I sure as well will vote for it

[michealprater]

Back to the pistol shrimp and the watchman. I have always found the symbiotic relationship entertaining. But Ive heard the pistol shrimp will make a loud snapping noise. especially at night. Is that true?

[Salt Creep]

I don't hear the pistol shrimp very often, but it will snap now and then. Usually it's because the scarlet serpent star is in the way when the shrimp wants to start a new tunnel, or if one of the banded coral shrimps gets too close.

Ken

[michealprater]

Whats the minimum recommended sand depth for a pistol shrimp?

[phistio]

i'd say a bare minimum of 2".

[gregr]

i sent a photo in- haven't heard back yet though- keeping my fingers crossed! thanks for that-
i have a Watchman Goby and Pistol Shrimp myself and i don't think i've heard the clicking sound. they are really fun to watch and even though the shrimp can be a bit of a pain (burying whatever happens to be where he wants to put sand- which is most often mushrooms) i'd never get rid of him.
greg