clipped from www.ephotozine.com Using your digital camera's macro mode Using your digital camera's macro mode - All you need to know to get close to your subject Nearly all digital cameras have a macro mode. You'll know if yours has one because one of the menu buttons will have an icon of a flower on it. This switches the camera into a special close focus mode and many allow you to get less than 10cm from the subject. With some cameras from makers such as Nikon and Ricoh you can get as close as 2cm from the subject which allows incredible closes ups of tiny subjects such as insects, but the macro mode is, for example, also really useful for making a photographic record of your jewellery for insurance purposes and for creative close ups too.