Macro with digital P&S cameras is done with close-up lenses and/or with a
reversed 35mm lens mounted on the filter threads. It's just like in 35mm SLR
world, where you can do ultra-close macro with a reversed lens mounted onto the
front of a Macro.
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>Subject: [OM] How do they Macro in those digital P&S?
> From: Albert <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 15:16:54 +0800
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>OK, this was a question I asked a while ago, and nobody gave me an
>answer, and it REALLY BOTHERED me...
>
>So..
>
>I'm reading my Shutterbug catalog... And... Tada!!
>
>OK, if I have a 50mm lens, I can "Macro-ize" it by adding an extention
>tube...
>
>So... If I have a digital camera, and the lens groups are "tucked" away
>when not in use, that means, the entire assembly of lenses, are on rails
>and motorized movement. If I move the entire setup out about 1/4cm, at
>the size of the ccd and the lens, that's probably equal to a pretty
>large extention tube on a regular 35mm..
>
>:-D I solved my own riddle.. Just thought I'd share..
>
>Albert
>
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