does it take good macro close-ups of flora and fauna (flowers, bugs, etc)?
268143
In my opinion, yes...some of my close ups (with this camera) have excellent detail...I am actually surprised at the quality of the photos this will take (considering the low price).
268144
It does zoom good but to zoom in on flowers or bugs you would have to be pretty close.
1271072
I honestly havn't taken jewelry pictures, but i have taken many macro shots and i am really impressed with the macro function. Flowers, insects, etc. have been excellent in my opinion. Never found too much light a problem. Hope this helps a little.
943577
As everyone else says - no it's not. But, you can take some very close up "macro like" photos just because it goes to 300. You can't focus close, but at 5' or so feet away (as close as you can get to focus), you'll see the pollen on a flower stamen or fuzz on a honey bee just fine, not quite filling the frame, but close.
1650083
Lila - Yes, this macro lens is great for small objects just realize that you have to be close to get the subject and be very still. My wife uses this lens when she is taking pictures of flowers and has caught several bees in the pictures and the detail is impressive. She is a beginning photographer but has produced some great shots with this macro lens. Good Luck!
1226468
I cant say I have done a small flower like close-up, but I did a red tail hawk from 50 feet of just the face and it was breath taking and impressively clear. not sure if that helps
787438
Yes! I do a blog on fb about the little island I live on and people have noticed a difference in my pictures. I took a pic of a dragonfly up in a tree with the sony and you can count the hairs in its back. Great camera! Well worth the money.
2011087
It has an automatic macro mode when the object is very close. Works reasonably well when I photograph coins.
781874
I've only had this camera for 2 weeks and absolutely love it. I have taken a couple of macro pictures of flowers and I was satisfied with the outcome.
1560702
If macro mode means to take picture at close up, I think it does NOT have a macro mode. Otherwise, I don't know.
795079
I have taken some incredible photos with the macro mode...and I photograph insects in the field on a regular basis for my job. The supermacro is simply sent from heaven...it works wonderfully!
1451143
I love this camera. It is good for close up macro shots, group shots, scenic shots or whatever. It sets itself up automatically for all of them. Great camera
1271067
Excellent camera for macro shots, just make sure you use a tripod.I sell alot of stuff online and this camera really takes some great closeups.
1023112
It depends on how macro you wish to go. It is still basically a point and shoot digital camera, however it does have a great zoom at 30x and after you can edit the picture in the camera to zoom even further in at 10x's. I have gotten some great pictures of bees on a flower that you can see the individual pollen deposits on it's wings, legs and face, a few ants that I didn't even notice on a flower petal, dew drops on roses or on leaves that I didn't notice in the original shots ect just from using that extra zooming power on photos I was out shooting. I also took a picture of a squirrel from about 10 feet away using the camera zoom and then when I zoomed in on the squirrels face using the edit feature I could see my reflection in the squirrels eye. For me that is great, but it's not the super macro you would see using some of the DSLR camera's with all the bells a whistles.
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I don't think you would. My point-and-shoot Canon takes great close-up photos in macro mode. I need one of these, however, for my DSLR camera, where you would attach a macro lens for close-up pics.
726800
Most definitely. It even has a switch on the lens that indicates to the lens that it is not a macro photo. Portraits and landscape photos come out brilliantly!
1491306
Yes. I typed in birds and a bunch of bird pics came up. I then typed in hummingbird and those pics came up. then I tried tropical birds, but that didn't work. The program isn't perfect, but it does what I need in day to day use. The search feature is very helpful.
1770835
Hello Michael, The macro function on this camera is a nice feature. I have used this on floral pics. And other christmas decorations. I find you may like it for the price.