Macro Setting

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Ok, cool - I'll look for that little thingy.

[bigchevydaddy]

You might want to disable the flash, at close range it can be more trouble than help; just light the part with a shop light or other light source. You can also avoid blurry close ups by keeping the camera a reasonable distance away and zooming in to the close up.

Good luck, BCD.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Oh well, found the flower, turned off the flash, but it's amazing blurry - even from 4 inches away! The manual says it will be ok up to 2 inches away, so I must have some other setting messing things up! Trying to take a picture of a part number stamped into a diverter valve.

[SS427]

I am watching this with hopes as well Marlin. I too have a camera that makes this claim and no matter what I do, it will not focus when close. Standing further away and zooming also does not help.

Mine is a Sony Mavica. Archaic yes but it was great when the first memory card cameras came out because I could download into anyones computer whereas the others could not if the software was not present. Still works good however.
Rick

[mockingbird812]

Attempting to take these types of pix the camera has to be held verrrrry still. Try the macro setting using your camera's timer (most have this feature) and a tri pod. If no tri pod, start stacking stuff till you get the camera where you want it.

Good luck!

[budnate]

holding still is one of the keys, find a rest to land your arm on and also the advice of staying back about a foot then zooming in works well, hold your button part way down let the camera focus and push the rest of the way once it looks good, also I have found if I am slightly off left or right of the thing when I hit the button it seams to be less sensative to the flash but still light up what I was after in the pic.

[Xplantdad]

All good suggestions...the timer trick I learned from one of the photogs from Chevy High Performance magazine...works well for night shots if you don't have a tripod