 Dan P. Brodt |
MacroShooting w/Canon EOS ElanII I have a Canon EF macro Zoom lense for my ElanII. The lens selector seitch is on Macro but I cannot shoot up close macro shots. What am I doing wrong? AF focus alwways stops at normal "in-focus" range. Please email me also at techjunkie3@juno.com. I share a computer for now but can access my email with PDA
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Jon Close |
What specific make/model lens? With some zooms with a macro focus feature, the macro range is manual focus only.
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Dan P. Brodt |
It is a Canon EF 100-300mm MacroZoom for my Canon EOIS ElanII
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Jon Close |
I don't recall any Canon 100-300 having "Macro" as part of the name, but the old EF 100-300 f/5.6 and f/5.6L had a three position autofocus switch labeled: "Macro - ‡" (full range autofocus from 1.5m to infinity) "2m - ‡" (AF limited from 2m to infinity) "M" (manual focus) The other Canon lens, EF 100-300 f/4.5-5.6 USM, does not have a particular macro setting and is also limited to 1.5m/4.9 ft. close focus. For this lens "macro" meant focus as close as 1.5m or 4.9 ft. You cannot focus any closer than that without using extension tubes or close-up lens.
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Dan P. Brodt |
Thank You Jon for your response. You are correct in that "Macro" is not a part of the lens designation but just a range the lens can focus from. Your explanantion is "right-on" Thanks again! Have a great Holiday season.
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