Canon SX10IS PowerShot SX10 IS Camera User Guide - Page 75

73 Commonly Used Shooting Functions Shooting Close-ups (Macro/Super Macro) Available Shooting Modes p. 284 Use this mode to shoot close-ups of flowers or small items. Super Macro 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 mode. 1 Press the button. Zoom range for Out of zoom • Press and hold this button for Macro shooting more than one second for Super Max. Max. wide angle telephoto Macro mode ( appears on range for macro shooting (yellow bar) the LCD monitor). • When using the zoom in macro mode, a yellow bar appears below the zoom bar to indicate the range in which the camera cannot focus in macro mode to shoot the subject. When the zoom level is in the yellow area, Focus range (approx.) the shooting distance becomes that of normal mode, and appears gray. The zoom bar disappears after approx. 2 seconds. • You cannot use the zoom in Super Macro mode (the zoom Zoomed 0 cm away from the flower in level is fixed at maximum wide Super Macro mode angle). To Cancel the Macro Mode: Press the button and use the or button to display (Normal). You can reduce the AF frame size when you want to focus on a specific portion of the subject. (p. 121)