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Small sensor Powershot for macro photography

Started Dec 14, 2018 | Discussions thread
I2K4
I2K4 Senior Member • Posts: 1,441
Re: Small sensor Powershot for macro photography

Given a) no interest in RAW, and b) money is a consideration: the older G and SX and even my old S5IS take fine macros and have a hotshoe. It takes some practice getting focus, especially with the regular Macro setting, and my (limited) experience coincided with some sophisticated results on the old camera-dedicated forums that SuperMacro gets it better:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/34451390@N02/36992498684/in/pool-powershots5is_macro/

or

https://www.flickr.com/photos/52636605@N05/27577064582/in/pool-powershots5is_macro/

Canon renders JPEG output, especially out of camera color, better than most competing brands, and the CCD sensors of the day were quite good.

I'll just throw in, there's a working assumption that shooting tiny things is best done with macro, and often so - but for some set ups and arrangements of multiple objects there's a lot to be said for shooting zoomed-in telephoto (especially where DOF is a consideration.)

Update:  to the accurate comment below about chromatic aberration / color fringing - I'm not necessarily recommending S5IS over the G series of the day.  It does offer 432mm EFL telephoto, and one assumes some post-processing for a professional shoot.  CA removal is a snap in software.

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