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Zooming in on your subject
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Focusing is usually slow when you get close to a subject (wide-angle: 7 cm/2.8 in. to
60 cm/23.6 in.; telephoto: 1.2 m/3.9 ft. to 2 m/6.6 ft.). However, in macro mode
focusing is performed quickly.
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This mode lets you shoot from as close as 7 cm/2.8 in. to your subject (when
the optical zoom is at the greatest wide-angle).
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This mode lets you shoot from as close as 3 cm/1.2 in. to your subject. In the
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Top menu
[MODE MENU]
[CAMERA]
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“Using the menus” (P. 17)
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Using macro/super macro mode
Note
• During super macro mode, the zoom, flash and AF predict are not available.
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