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Canon S90 macro options?

Started 11 months ago | Discussions thread
OP joniverson Junior Member • Posts: 36
Re: Canon S90 macro options?

The S90 does have macro, but it by itself isn't enough to reach the smaller coins.  Now with the 50mm lens in front, I can reach just about any coin size and have it fill the frame and beyond.  I have CHDK on the SD card and can load it if necessary, but I doubt I'll be using it all that much.  If I stay in P mode, I'll have RAW capability.  There is something I want to explore with CHDK, however, and that is to see if it offers focus assist, those little bars you get over different areas of the image as you manual focus.  So far, I have not found it in the native S90 menus.

Today, I made a simple macro device for the S90.  It uses the 50mm lens in front.  The camera and lens are on a macro rail I had unused sitting around here.  Initial testing shows that the combination of the rail, camera and lens, and my new mount are going to do great with the coins.  I couldn't make any of my existing tripods reach close enough to the object being focused on, so I made my own little mount.

Between the spare 50mm lens and the mount I made today, my issues are over with the S90.  Thanks again for everyone's help here.

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