zoom, do not know a camera which will zoom in macro mode(apart from silly priced pro stuff) look if you have any at the marks on the lens, work out the distances
Macro mode on a lens subtly changes the position of one or more of the lens elements, making it possible to focus the lens on closer objects. To use macro mode you should be very close to your object (whether zooming or not).
Many photographers will have standard test shots they take, try taking a set of these at the normal distance with the lens in normal and then in macro mode, and look at the results. You’ll probably (ought to) find that taken at a distance there is more distortion in macro mode. If you take test shots on a subject close up with the macro mode on, you’ll get close and find there is less distortion than with it off. If your test subject is inanimate then set the macro mode, maximize your zoom, and set (manual mode, widest aperture) the focus distance to it’s minimum and see how physically close you can get to the subject. Now try this with the macro mode off, and see how much further away you have to be.
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Macro is used for close ups…
zoom, do not know a camera which will zoom in macro mode(apart from silly priced pro stuff) look if you have any at the marks on the lens, work out the distances
Macro mode on a lens subtly changes the position of one or more of the lens elements, making it possible to focus the lens on closer objects. To use macro mode you should be very close to your object (whether zooming or not).
Many photographers will have standard test shots they take, try taking a set of these at the normal distance with the lens in normal and then in macro mode, and look at the results. You’ll probably (ought to) find that taken at a distance there is more distortion in macro mode. If you take test shots on a subject close up with the macro mode on, you’ll get close and find there is less distortion than with it off. If your test subject is inanimate then set the macro mode, maximize your zoom, and set (manual mode, widest aperture) the focus distance to it’s minimum and see how physically close you can get to the subject. Now try this with the macro mode off, and see how much further away you have to be.