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Dave Johnson

"How to Do Everything: Digital Camera 5 edition"

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?–  Set your camera to its close-focus mode
?–  Close-focus a manual-focus camera
?–  Ensure proper focus when shooting very close up
?–  Use the correction marks in the optical viewfinder
?–  Use optional close-focus lenses
?–  Interpret diopter numbers
?–  Configure a tripod for semisteady macro shots
?–  Blur the background
?–  Maximize your depth of field for sharper pictures
?–  Eliminate reflections from glass display cases
?–  Build your own light tent for indoor macro photography
Close-up photography, also known as macro photography, is one of the most exciting ways
to experiment with your digital camera. We??™re used to seeing things from 5 or 6 feet off the
ground, but it??™s a whole different world down there when you get within a few inches of your
subject. When you??™re within an inch or so of your subject and it??™s magnified to several times its
normal size, photography suddenly seems like magic.
You might think I??™m exaggerating, but macro photography really is a lot of fun. And just
because you have a digital camera, don??™t think that you can??™t play along.
Capture the Microscopic World
First of all, let??™s talk about some
terminology. When we discuss close-up
photography, what we really mean is
macro photography.


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