On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 08:37:37 +0200 "Sami Haahtinen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 03:24:06AM +0000, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > http://h.arqz.com/broachfan.jpg > > [excuse the blur -photography is not my forte!] > The next time you take a picture, step back and leave some 1-2m of > space between the object and the camera. (i made the same mistake once > and got these instructions from some professional ;) It appears that > most of the cameras are unable to focus on objects too close, so > unless your camera has an adjustable lense, just step back. Or if at all possible put the camera into Macro mode. Most modern digitals have "macro", sometimes denoted by a little picture of a tulip. (Why a tulip? I dunno!) Ob.debian: Erm.... I'm using a debian machine to write this.

