Clear detailed pic's

[Gary]

I have a Cannon powershot A540 , 6.0 mega-pixel digital camera.My problem is I cant seem to get real clear close-ups.I push the little flower button to put it on macro and I still cant get up real close and get good detailed shots of the coins.Is ther something I'm missing here ?? Any help will be appreciated.

[Yardog]

Are You taking the picts too fast maybe? I have an older one and it has a double push button. Push lightly to focus, then push harder to take the shot. Just an Idea, hope it helps

[TwoDogsBob]

I don't have your camera but just for fun read the review of it and you should be able to get within 2 inches of a subject on Macro.
I shoot Nikon and when doing close up work I will keep my camera farther away and use the zoom to get the close up I want rather than creeping right up to the minimum..
You also may want to make sure your camera is focusing on the subject and not the background.. If your camera has been set to focus on multiple areas in the photo it may be "averaging the focus for the entire shot. Works great for shots of the Grand Canyon, not good for closeups. For close up make sure your focus is set for "Spot" or the center of the photo.
As mentioned by Yardog make sure your allowing the camera to focus before actually taking the photo as well.
Like I said, I've never shot your camera so this advice is kind of shotgun but hope it helps.. Bob

[Steve in PR]

I think 2Dogs nailed it. Check your focus settings and follow his advice.

[DougsGraphics]

Sometimes if you don't have enough light, it can't focus. Add some light and give it a try. With macro photography, it is also deathly important to know where your point of focus is. Be sure that you depress the shutter button part way with your focus point dead center, then you can compose some with the button being held, then snap the shot... just be sure you keep the distance fixed.

[superduty]

Doug my Sony is like that, it need all the light you can get on the subject when shooting macro or it won't focus right... Its a Sony DSC-h2.

[createdlight]

Originally Posted by Gary

I have a Cannon powershot A540 , 6.0 mega-pixel digital camera.My problem is I cant seem to get real clear close-ups.I push the little flower button to put it on macro and I still cant get up real close and get good detailed shots of the coins.Is ther something I'm missing here ?? Any help will be appreciated.

Hey Gary I see your camera has the option for picture quality... I would use super fine..if it is not set to that already. also here a link I hope will help you out some

Macro Photography Tips for Point and Shoot Digital Cameras

gary

[SandSkimmer]

thanks for all the good info....


jT

[grasshopper]

I had the same problem, i try bringing the camera farther away from the coin and zooming in more rather than having the camera really close to the coin.

[Joker]

By all means my pics arent perfect but I have found that if I shoot from about a foot away with flash on, I can always zoom in later with my pic program.

They come out ok but Ive seen some killer photos floating around here..