SONY SLT-A37

[acesfull44]

Bought this for my wife a while back, and she never uses it. Any chance this is a good enough camera to use for close ups of corals and fish?

 

[BigJim]

It should work with the right lens. What lenses do you have?

 

[acesfull44]

It should work with the right lens. What lenses do you have?

Just the one it came with. From what I have read I need a macro lens to take close ups of the corals and fish.

 

[BigJim]

Just the one it came with. From what I have read I need a macro lens to take close ups of the corals and fish.

You can take decent shots without a macro, but you would need a macro lens to get detailed close ups. I recommend reading the sticky threads about aquarium photography in the Photography Forum (which we are obviously already in). There is a lot of good information there. It takes patience and some trial and error, but you should be able to take some okay shots. Getting a better lens would make a world of difference though.