Canon 200 IS - Manual (Page 70)

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You can shoot an object at a close distance or even shoot extreme close-
ups of it. The shooting range is approximately 5 – 50 cm (2.0 in. – 1.6 ft.)
from the end of the lens (when the zoom lever is pushed to maximum
j).
Choose
e.
● After pressing the q button, press the qr
buttons or turn the  dial to choose e,
then press the m button.
● Once set,
e will appear.
• When you move the zoom lever, the zoom bar appears on the monitor.
The camera cannot focus in
e in the yellow portion of the bar.
• When zooming within the range of the yellow bar, e will be grayed out
and shooting will be done in .
• You are recommended to attach the camera to a tripod and shoot in Î, to
prevent the camera from moving and blurring the image (p. 78) .
• You can reduce the AF frame size when you want to focus on a specific
portion of the subject
(p. 82) .
Shooting Close-ups (Macro)
About the Zoom Bar
How can I take better close-ups?
The edges of the image may darken if the flash fires.