Frame a Close-Up
So, now you understand the principle behind parallax and close-up photography. Let??™s apply this
so you can see how to take a close-up photo.
Look through your camera??™s optical viewfinder. Hopefully, you can see some correction
marks. If the lens is located to the right of the optical viewfinder (as it is in most cameras), you
should see correction marks on the left side of the viewfinder. Why is that? Well, these marks
represent the left edge of the photo when shooting at close distances. Since the lens is off to the
right of the viewfinder, you will need to point the camera slightly to the left in order to take the
Solve the Parallax Problem
There are a few solutions to avoiding parallax when taking macro photos:
?– Use the LCD viewfinder Though the optical viewfinder of most point-and-shoot
digital cameras shows a skewed image at close range, the LCD display always
shows you exactly the same scene as what the sensor sees, so it should match the
final image.
?– Use the optical viewfinder??™s correction marks See the section called ???Frame a
Close-Up??? for details.
?– Use a Digital SLR Because a mirror reflects the image that passes through the
lens to the optical viewfinder, D-SLRs don??™t suffer from parallax problems.
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