Setting close-up ( Macro / Super Macro) modes PowerShot SX1 IS and SX10 IS.

Article ID: ART113960 | Date published: 05/11/2015 | Date last updated: 08/17/2015
 

Solution

Shooting Close-Ups

Macro

Macro: Use this mode to shoot close-ups of flowers or small items.

Image Area at Minimum Focusing Distance from End of Lens to Subject at Maximum Wide Angle : 153 x 112 mm (6.0 x 4.4 in.)

Minimum focusing distance: 10 cm.

Super Macro

This is a more powerful Macro mode that allows closer minimum focusing and greater magnification.

Image Area at Minimum Focusing Distance from End of Lens to Subject at Maximum Wide Angle : 28 x 20 mm (1.1 x 0.79 in.)

Minimum Focusing Distance at Wide Angle: 0 cm (0 in.)

1. Press the button to select the Macro, or press and hold the button for one second to use the Super Macro mode. The selected mode appears on the LCD monitor.

  • The zoom bar will display while you adjust the zoom. At zoom ranges not possible for macro photography, the bar will appear yellow and the icon will gray out. Although the shutter button can be pressed at this point, the image will be recorded at standard shooting distances.

To cancel the macro press the button to remove from the display.

  • Use the LCD monitor to compose close-ups in macro mode since images composed with the viewfinder may be off-center.
  • The exposure may not be optimal when the flash is used in macro mode.
  • The Super Macro option is only available in the P,Tv,Av,M, C, Color Swap, Color Accent, and Movie.
  • This function is not available in the AUTO shooting mode.

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