On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 09:27:50PM +1200, criggie wrote: > 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!) hmm, tried that but it disabled the flash and the picture came out to dark -was 2am and the articficial lights in my room suck!
i think the tulip means a close object, as on the other side of the switch is a mountain.i [well on cam i was using] thanks for photo.tips though! ob.debian:gphoto hugh
