67Shooting Close-ups (Macro)You can shoot an object at a close distance or even shoot extreme close-ups of it. The shooting range (focusing zone) is approximately 3 – 50 cm(1.2 in. – 1.6 ft.) from the end of the lens (when the zoom lever is movedtoward j and held until the lens stops moving, which is the maximum wideangle setting of the lens).Choose e.● After pressing the q button, press the qrbuttons to choose e, then press the mbutton. Once set, e will appear on the screen.The edges of the image may darken if the flash fires.About the Zoom Bar• When you move the zoom lever, the zoom bar appears on the screen. Whenshooting in Macro mode, the camera cannot focus in the range of the yellowbar.• When zooming within the range of the yellow bar, e will be grayed out andshooting will be done in .How can I take better close-ups?• Try attaching the camera to a tripod and shooting in Î, to prevent the camerafrom moving and blurring the image (p. 74).• You can reduce the AF frame size when you want to focus on a specific por ionof the subject (p. 79).