How is this camera for close ups, such as tiny flowers, insects?
1792175
I haven't done any insects yet, but I just took a photo of a tiny button battery in Macro mode, and the result looks amazing - like the battery is larger than life.
1792176
It is great at taking ultra close up photos. You have to use the camera zoomed back to wide angle which is no big deal. You can shoot and area of about two inches wide by 1.5 in high. Great camera overall too. Feel free to contact me if you have further questions. Jim R. MPC
294223
yes yes yes////// its not a micro,seems most canons use it , but not all, google research you camera
795079
I have taken some incredible photos with the macro mode...and I photograph insects in the field on a regular basis for my job. The supermacro is simply sent from heaven...it works wonderfully!
2201494
Have used this feature quite a bit and have to be careful not to touch the subject, thats how close you can get. I also like that you can then still zoom in on the photo afterwards and get even more magnified without losing any significant resolution. I have actually used this feature like a low powered microscope to see objects and organisms close up and in detail.
1023116
This is a great easy camera. I have captured dew drops and ants on flowers from 10-15feet away. Daily get close ups of birds on feeders in house behind dirty window as they spin on feeders 30ft or more. Great camera great price
768300
It has both macro and super macro settings, and I think it works great, especially for this price range. Flowers? No problem. Bugs? Might be more of a problem, unless you can get them to pose for you! I often take close-up photos of toy cars, and most of the time it shows more detail in the photo than I ever see when I examine them, even with my glasses on!
1037594
Hey bob, The camera has a dynamic focus that I am pretty sure can take close shots, but not that close. This particular lense will take average distances from say 3-5" (do not have the specifics) to scenery. The only issue that I do not like about this camera is that the flash has a slight design flaw, sometimes when you use the flash the lens will shadow the lower portion of your picture. The camera in general is awesome, slight that small detail. You can check a little more expert opinion in dpreview (google it). They can give you more specs of the camera. Good luck!
466913
Better for close up portraits than flowers..85mm macro works much better for flowers if you like to get really close..
398291
minimum focus is less than 5 feet, seems about 57 inches or maybe as little as 52, I cannot remember. I have occasionally used it for closeups of flowers quite well
801688
This is an excellent camera. I have been using it since it was first launched. It can definitely handle low light, however I would recommend a fast lens. That will be the key to keeping the the dreaded noise out of your pictures with higher ISO. Aa far as documents. I would definitely think this would be a great camera to use. I would invest in a tripod though and possibly a macro lens.
268143
In my opinion, yes...some of my close ups (with this camera) have excellent detail...I am actually surprised at the quality of the photos this will take (considering the low price).
781873
The Coolpix takes great macro pictures, I took pictures of Lady Bugs on a Rose and they came out just super.
276149
It is pretty easy to use, but I don't use all the features available. It does take really nice pictures.
762228
None. Lol. If you're looking for crisp pics, this isn't the camera for you. I bought this for a brilliant four year old boy and with natural light, his pics came out pretty good. With low light in the home, it's ok as well. Definitely not crisp, but clear enough to see what he took a pic of. For the record, he loves it and figured out how to work it in a few mins.
1451144
I would say no it is not good at doing super close up shots. You would need a camera with a macro lens to do that kind of photos.
1825474
I bought this camera (ZS40) recently. In my experience, (I use the iA setting) the day time photos were very good although the night time (low light) photos were not very good; they had 'noise'. However, the video clips were very good and, I like the optical zoom of 30 times.
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Depending on the lens you get, it takes wonderful close ups. My wife uses the 55mm lens that is standard with the camera, but she says that the 10 to 55mm would be better!