You can shoot a subject 2 - 50 cm (0.8 - 1.6 ft.) from the end of the lens at the maximum wide angle setting. With the digital zoom, the image area is 7.5 x 5.5 mm (0.3 x 0.2 in.) at maximum zoom (approximately 4.0x).
The digital macro mode cannot be used when the LCD monitor is turned off.
Be careful not to bang the lens against the subject when shooting in macro mode.
1. Press the FUNC. Menu and in the shooting mode selection choose the(Digital Macro ) icon.
2. Choose the angle of view with the zoom lever and shoot.
- The zoom factor appears on the LCD monitor.
- Based on the number of recording pixels set, the Safety Zoom feature calculates the maximum zoom factor beyond which image quality will begin to deteriorate. The digital zoom pauses at this zoom factor for a moment, and appears on the LCD monitor. If you press the zoom lever toward (Telephoto) again, you can zoom in even closer. In this case, the displayed zoom factor changes from white to blue.
(Digital Macro ) icon.
appears on the LCD monitor. If you press the zoom lever toward 
(Telephoto) again, you can zoom in even closer. In this case, the displayed zoom factor changes from white to blue.