Shooting subjects up close

Article ID: ART134072

Date published: 05/13/2015

Date last updated: 11/16/2015

Description

Solution

Shooting subjects up close

ID : 8201456100 _ EN _ 1

Solution

If you are shooting a subject at a close distance, and if the subject cannot be easily focused within the normal shooting range, switching the normal mode to the [Macro] (

) mode will make it easier to focus on the subject.

IMPORTANT
Depending on the [Shooting Mode], there are cases when the [Focus Range] cannot be set.
The following explanations are provided based on the assumption that the [Shooting Mode] is set to [Program] ().
The edges of the image may darken if the flash fires.

The shooting distance of each [Focusing Range] and the shooting modes in which [Focusing Range] settings cannot be made

1. Press the <Power> button on the camera.

2. Press the <Macro> (

) button.

3. The following screen appears.

Operate the <directional buttons> left or right to set [Macro] (

If [Macro] (

) is indicated on the LCD Monitor, the camera is in [Macro] (

) mode.

REFERENCE
Try attaching the camera to a tripod and shooting in [Self-Timer] to prevent the camera from moving and blurring the image.

NOTE
The screen indications when operating the <Zoom lever> in [Macro] () mode are as follows.

When you move the <Zoom lever>,
the [Zoom bar] appears on the screen.
The camera cannot focus in the
yellow portion of the bar (When zooming within the range of the yellow bar,
() will be grayed out and shooting will be done in ().

The shooting distance for each [Focusing Range] is as shown in the following table (from the end of the lens). If you shoot beyond the following ranges, the subject may be out of focus.

Also, the [Focusing Range] cannot be set in some shooting modes. Please see the following table for details.

^{... Focusing Range cannot be set}

^{... This shooting mode is not available in this model}

Model	Shooting distance
Model	[Normal] ( )	[Macro] ( )
PowerShot G1 X	40 cm (1.3 ft.) infinity (W)* 1.3 m (4.3 ft.) infinity (T)**	20 cm (7.9 in.) 70 cm (2.3 ft.) (W) 85 cm 1.6 m (2.8 - 5.2 ft.) (T)
PowerShot SX260 HS PowerShot SX240 HS	5 cm (2.0 in.) infinity (W) - 1 m (3.3 ft.) infinity (T)	5 - 50 cm (2.0 in. 1.6 ft.) (W)
PowerShot A4000 IS PowerShot A3400 IS PowerShot A2400 IS PowerShot A2300 PowerShot A1300 PowerShot A810	5 cm (2.0 in.) infinity (W) - 1.2 m (3.9 ft.) infinity (T)	3 - 60 cm (1.2 in. - 2.0 ft.) (W)
PowerShot ELPH 520 HS / IXUS 500 HS	5 cm (2.0 in.) - infinity (W) 1 m (3.3 ft.) - infinity (T)	1 - 50 cm (0.4 in. - 1.6 ft.) (W)
PowerShot ELPH 110 HS / IXUS 125 HS	5 cm (2.0 in.) - infinity (W) 90 cm (3.0 ft.) - infinity (T)	3 - 50 cm (1.2 in. - 1.6 ft.) (W)