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Why Macro Mode
This might seem like a silly question, but I recently got a Canon
A3100IS which seems to do very well in macro mode. At some point I discovered you can't select macro mode when set on auto, when you get too close the camera displays the macro symbol and works fine. Experimenting further, I find in P mode you can take perfectly good macro shots without selecting macro mode and you can leave it in macro mode and shoot well beyond the macro range (but not too far out, like across the room). Since I'm having problems with no viewfinder but love the size I might get a Panasonic DSC-FZ35 as an alternate. Reading the manual, it seems that too detects macro distance when in IA mode. So, what exactly does that macro setting do. If I recall correctly, on the old SLR systems, the macro ring physically moved something within the lens to change the geometry. |
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Why Macro Mode
Dave Cohen wrote:
This might seem like a silly question, but I recently got a Canon A3100IS which seems to do very well in macro mode. At some point I discovered you can't select macro mode when set on auto, when you get too close the camera displays the macro symbol and works fine. Experimenting further, I find in P mode you can take perfectly good macro shots without selecting macro mode and you can leave it in macro mode and shoot well beyond the macro range (but not too far out, like across the room). Since I'm having problems with no viewfinder but love the size I might get a Panasonic DSC-FZ35 as an alternate. Reading the manual, it seems that too detects macro distance when in IA mode. So, what exactly does that macro setting do. If I recall correctly, on the old SLR systems, the macro ring physically moved something within the lens to change the geometry. It probably shortens the focal length, which makes it easier to focus close, and also extends the lens like any focusing action would do as you focus closer. If you can get decent closeups without being in macro mode, that's probably because the depth of field is so large that it's still good enough but that will cost resolution if you are stopped down too much (large number f-stop). |
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