Shooting Close-Ups (Macro/Super Macro) - Canon power shot S51S Basic User's Manual

Shooting Close-ups (Macro/Super Macro)

Use this mode to shoot close-ups of flowers or small items.
This mode allows even closer shooting of the subject than Macro
mode, magnifying the subject further. In addition, the background can
be shot with different effects than when shooting in macro shooting
mode.
1. Press the
• Press and hold this button for more than one second for Super
Macro mode (
• When using the zoom in
Macro mode, a yellow bar
appears below the zoom
bar to indicate the range in
which you cannot use
Macro mode to shoot the
subject.
When the zoom level is in
the yellow area, the
shooting distance becomes
that of normal mode, and
appears gray.
The zoom bar disappears
after approx. 2 seconds.
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button.
appears on the LCD monitor).
button
Zoom range for
Macro shooting
Max. Max.
wide tele-
angle photo
* The shooting distance becomes that of normal
mode. (As it is no longer macro mode,
turns gray.)
Zoomed 0 cm away from the
flower in Super Macro mode
Focus range
(rough guide)
Out of zoom
range for
Macro shooting
*
(yellow bar)