Macro/Close Focus; Close Focus Enabled - Sony DSC-G3 Cyber-shot&reg Handbook

Macro/Close focus

Use this setting to capture beautiful close-up images of small subjects such as insects or flowers.
1 Slide the lens cover to switch to shooting mode.
2
(Macro) t desired mode t
(Auto)
(Macro On)
(Close focus
enabled)
Notes
• The Auto Focus speed becomes slower when you shoot images in the Macro or Close focus mode.
• You cannot use the Scene Recognition function in [Macro On] or [Close focus enabled].
• Note the following points when using the Close focus mode.
– You cannot use the Burst, Bracket or Face Detection functions.
– This mode is cancelled if you turn off the power or switch the shooting mode to another one.
The camera adjusts the focus automatically from distant subjects to
close-up. Normally, put the camera in this mode.
The camera adjusts the focus with priority on close-up subjects. Set
Macro on when shooting close subjects.
• Setting the zoom all the way to the W side is recommended.
Use this mode to shoot at even closer distances than Macro
recording.
Locked to the W side: Approximately 1 to 20 cm (13/32 to
7 7/8 inches)
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