Digital cameras

[Grizzly]

Hey All,

My wife just bought me a new digital camera and she was told it has macro,was wondering if anyone here has this model and if so how does it do in taking figure pics? It's a Canon power shot A70.

Thomas

 

[Anders Heintz]

Hey Thomas!

Awesome! Now we can see your figures more often! As for the macro mode on your camera, I really have no idea

Look for the flower looking symbol somewhere, thats the macro mode symbol, maybe thats of some help.

 

[Grizzly]

ya im hoping the guy told my wife correctly but it came with three different books nad im lookin them over but man what alot of technical mumbo jumbo,lol

 

[yeo_64]

Hi Thomas ! Anders is right,look for the "flower" symbol on the camera,that indicates the Macro mode.I personally have the Powershot A60.As you can see from my postings,with the timer in use,built-in flash off and a good tripod,it gives pretty decent pictures.The A70 should be slightly better.HTH.Cheers !
Kenneth :lol:

 

[homellop]

Hi Thomas.
Most of the pictures you can see in my workbench were taken with a Canon A70
Good camera.
Actually I've bought a 5Mp Nikon Coolpix to reach publishing quality

Usually I choose the P mode,place the figure and press the macro button(the flower).
Then I put the zoom in the nearest position and move the figure back or ahead until Ican focuse it.Then,I shot :lol:

Enjoy your camera and show us the results.
Best regards
jaume

 

[garyjd]

Thomas, I would look for a review of your camera on the net, I'm sure there's info out there on it's macro capabilities.~Gary

 

[Jim Patrick]

Try these:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Canon/canon_a70.asp

http://www.imaging-resource.com/IMCOMP/COMPS01.HTM
This one compares different cameras but you will see your camera and what it can do in the micro mode.

http://www.shortcourses.com/how/contents.htm
Lot's of good stuff in here as far as digital cameras go.

Look forward to seeing your figures now Thomas!

Jim Patrick

 

[vince wai]

Try this page at http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canona70/page6.asp and it will tell you how to use the Marco.

vince

 

[Grizzly]

Thanks for all the tips guys and thanks for that site Vince
Im learning the ins and outs of that camera slowly.
As Jaume said it is a nice little camera,will have something to show you soon.

Thomas