Randy (Camera, tripod Pictures)

Randy,

Can you go over what type of camera setup you have for taking decent
pictures when you are fishing by yourself? I caught an 18" plus
smallmouth on Saturday, and wasn't able to take a decent picture, and I
was going to start looking at a decent camera setup, and I know you take
a lot of pictures by yourself.

Also anyone else who has any input at all , please jump in!

Thanks

Chris

"Chris Rennert" wrote in message
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Randy,

Can you go over what type of camera setup you have for taking decent
pictures when you are fishing by yourself? I caught an 18" plus
smallmouth on Saturday, and wasn't able to take a decent picture, and I
was going to start looking at a decent camera setup, and I know you take
a lot of pictures by yourself.

Also anyone else who has any input at all , please jump in!

Thanks

Chris

Camera in one hand pointed back at self. Fish in other hand held up close
to face.

Either that or take a friend.

Put your camera some place handy so you don't hold that fish out of the
water for very long.

I bet on of those little table top tripods with the legs about 8 inches long
would work to slide over the wind shield and then you could take a timer
shot as long as your camera isn't too heavy.
--
Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com

Get a 3/4" dowel rod and cut the head off of a 1/4 X 20 screw. Screw the cut
end into one end of the dowel rod. Screw your camera onto the clean end of
the screw, insert the dowel rod into your back or front seat post hole and,
Viola! I got a hat from B.A.S.S. for that one.

"Chris Rennert" wrote in message
.. .
Randy,

Can you go over what type of camera setup you have for taking decent
pictures when you are fishing by yourself? I caught an 18" plus
smallmouth on Saturday, and wasn't able to take a decent picture, and I
was going to start looking at a decent camera setup, and I know you take a
lot of pictures by yourself.

Also anyone else who has any input at all , please jump in!

Thanks

Chris

P.S.
I forgot to mention that your camera has to have a "self timer" feature.

"Jerry Barton" wrote in message
news:8cKdnZuhuP5rbN7ZnZ2dnUVZ_vmdnZ2d@wideopenwest .com...
Get a 3/4" dowel rod and cut the head off of a 1/4 X 20 screw. Screw the
cut end into one end of the dowel rod. Screw your camera onto the clean
end of the screw, insert the dowel rod into your back or front seat post
hole and, Viola! I got a hat from B.A.S.S. for that one.

"Chris Rennert" wrote in message
.. .
Randy,

Can you go over what type of camera setup you have for taking decent
pictures when you are fishing by yourself? I caught an 18" plus
smallmouth on Saturday, and wasn't able to take a decent picture, and I
was going to start looking at a decent camera setup, and I know you take
a lot of pictures by yourself.

Also anyone else who has any input at all , please jump in!

Thanks

Chris

Is there a way of determining the picture field or where to postion
yourself and the fish for the photo taking. Is there any rule of thumb
other than looking in the view finder. Thanks

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:46:28 -0500, Chris Rennert
wrote:

Randy,

Can you go over what type of camera setup you have for taking decent
pictures when you are fishing by yourself? I caught an 18" plus
smallmouth on Saturday, and wasn't able to take a decent picture, and I
was going to start looking at a decent camera setup, and I know you take
a lot of pictures by yourself.

Also anyone else who has any input at all , please jump in!

Thanks

Chris

Chris, go to the hardware store and look for the cheap lamp with the
alum reflector. they have a clamp system on them. The clamp when
slightly modified will hold your camera to just about anything. I
will post a picture of mine as soon as I get back from the Classic.

Basically all I did was bend the ends the went around the lamp base
over, drilled them and put a bolt through them with nuts on to hold
the pieces tightly and keep the nut from screwing into the camera too
far.

Chris Rennert wrote:
Randy,

Can you go over what type of camera setup you have for taking decent
pictures when you are fishing by yourself? I caught an 18" plus
smallmouth on Saturday, and wasn't able to take a decent picture, and I
was going to start looking at a decent camera setup, and I know you take
a lot of pictures by yourself.

Also anyone else who has any input at all , please jump in!

Thanks

Chris

If you can find a camera with a remote shutter attachement it's much
more convenient than a delay timer. In a bass boat, a seat pedestal can
be used to hold a cheap tripod head easily. That way the camera's always
in the same place. Shoot as wide an angle as you can, at as high a
resolution as you can, so you'll have plenty of res in the important
part of the picture after you crop the photos mercilessly. You can't
compose and crop through the viewfinder before squeezing off a shot, so
you've got to do it in the PC afterwards, and you need to start with a
much larger than necessary picture so you have enough left after you're
done.

Just like bob said,

Camera in 1 hand and fish in the other. ease back, stretch and snap!

Randy uses a Cannon digital 4 megapixel compact camera. model # ?????

I use an Olympus C3040. a little older and bulkier but gets the job done.

So how are you folks doin? Been much too long.

Dave V

Killed em on crank baits today and forgot my #$%@^*&* camera!!!



"Chris Rennert" wrote in message
.. .
Randy,

Can you go over what type of camera setup you have for taking decent
pictures when you are fishing by yourself? I caught an 18" plus
smallmouth on Saturday, and wasn't able to take a decent picture, and I
was going to start looking at a decent camera setup, and I know you take a
lot of pictures by yourself.

Also anyone else who has any input at all , please jump in!

Thanks

Chris

De-lurking......

I found this post very interesting - just picked up a used
digital camera, and I have two point and shoot 35's.

Jerry:

In your post you mention a 1/4" 20 threaded bolt (US coarse
threads)....

I tryed that first w/ the digital camera - bolt turned in to the
socket about 1 thread - then bound. So then I tryed
a 6mm x 1.0 bolt. Same thing - turned in about 1 thread.

The tripod socket on the digital looks to be plastic. Any
one have a camera that has metal? ie brass? What
worked?

Jim

I have a little 6" tripod and the legs stick almost straight out at the
base. The legs fold up inside the shaft and release with a spring so it can
be setup with 1 hand. folded up it's about the same size as a gator grip
scale (The one with the claw lip grabber). fits into a side pocket of my
tackle bag or in a misc. box on a boat.

I'll follow up with the make and model, but I have left the camera mounted
to it in my bag and it's easy setup and snap. The last few years, I have
just been holding the camera if I wasn't with a partner. But with the new
website photo gallery, I may have to take the ol' tripod out of retirement.

Dave V


"Jim Laumann" wrote in message
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De-lurking......

I found this post very interesting - just picked up a used
digital camera, and I have two point and shoot 35's.

Jerry:

In your post you mention a 1/4" 20 threaded bolt (US coarse
threads)....

I tryed that first w/ the digital camera - bolt turned in to the
socket about 1 thread - then bound. So then I tryed
a 6mm x 1.0 bolt. Same thing - turned in about 1 thread.

The tripod socket on the digital looks to be plastic. Any
one have a camera that has metal? ie brass? What
worked?

Jim