The feature “macro” when using Canon Powershot
December 1st, 2009
The “macro” can be tricky to find and even more so if you do not care to read the manual. My own approach to a new gadget made me write this article. My motto when I get a new gadget is “Manuals are for sissy” then so can I use an unstructured trial and error method. I think my motto is quite common, mostly because the manuals are enormously unpedagogy and technical in its design.
It meant that when we got home our first digital compact camera, a Canon Powershot A85 so were all my close-ups very blurry and unfocused. In the end I gave up and forced to read the mass of manual pages say the least, where it explains how and when the macro function works. It has a flower symbol, and you see it illuminated in the image here. Although the Nikon as the symbol of the close-up of a flower, but Nikon’s menu system is slightly different so read the manual to find it. You will probably find it.
As Canon say, so you will enter into a close-up mode when you press the bottom of the navigation keys. Then you get the flower icon on the display and if you press one more time, then a scale-up and here you can adjust how close the object you have the camera and thus also affect the sharpness.
You should also not forget that you can also change the focus with the moving camera. One of the key things that you might think is obvious is to keep the camera still. If you are unsteady on your hand you can build a mini tripod using a PET bottle. Close-ups are fun to get in and get really good with digital cameras.
