Z10 camera macro shots.

**blue quill** · 02-26-2013, 09:17 AM

Here's a couple of pictures taken in macro mode on the Z10 with a little help from PicShop.
To give you an idea of scale, each fly is 3/8 inch long.
The file size may be a bit too big to show the full clarity of these pics, I should have saved to a smaller size for the Web.
I'm really pleased with the camera.

**TTQ225** · 03-30-2013, 11:10 PM

Where is macro mode in Z10 camera? I searched the help and the forums and can't get find anything resembling macro setting.

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**edwingmel** · 03-30-2013, 11:15 PM

Yes. Please tell us.

**Bold9930** · 03-30-2013, 11:17 PM

there' not macro mode..it auto-focused close up for macro that's all. BTW: Those images arent't very good..use image stabilization.

**Midnight City** · 03-30-2013, 11:25 PM

More macro shots Took this picture with my Z10 !

Also, as he says: "Took the last two pictures 4 days ago with the 4:9 setting in the camera! If you switch the ratio to that, the Z10 will use all of the 8 MP available, if you're on the 16:9, change it now! because 16:9 = 6 MP only!"

**Marauder2** · 03-31-2013, 09:31 AM

Has anyone else seen better shots in 4:9?

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**Dextermutt** · 03-31-2013, 09:45 AM

There's 4:9??

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**andyJH** · 03-31-2013, 10:10 AM

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**andyJH** · 03-31-2013, 10:14 AM

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with flash

**Jerryg50** · 03-31-2013, 10:39 AM

I have used the Z10 camera for closeups. It works very well for a phone camera. I am surprised at the quality of its camera for what it is. I have photographed documents, and pages from service manuals for reference. I have also emailed photos of business cards.

I take a closeup picture, and then do a crop and zoom using Windows Paint. I then import the picture in to MS Word and add my text along with the picture, and then adjust the picture to properly fit the document.

**Jerryg50** · 03-31-2013, 10:40 AM

The camera does an auto focus as if it had a macro mode. I am under the impression the macro mode is automatic. The results for a phone camera are impressive.

**rider997** · 04-25-2013, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by Jerryg50

The camera does an auto focus as if it had a macro mode. I am under the impression the macro mode is automatic. The results for a phone camera are impressive.

The Z10 really needs a dedicated macro mode that encourages the contrast detection autofocus to attempt to focus on the nearest object. I find that even when a subject nearly or completely fills the visible autofocus box, the camera has a tendency to focus on the background, even when the subject is well within the Minimum Focus Distance (MFD). This minor software change would be a huge boon for macro photography.

The first image is a 100% crop (no editing of any sort). You can see some noise reduction evident even in ~EV11 conditions, there are sharpening artifacts and halos, etc. Still, for a cellphone camera, it's quite adequate.

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The second picture is after some minor editing.

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The third picture indicates how small of a crop the finished product is.

flower_resize.jpg

I would honestly like to see a RAW mode or at least an unprocessed .JPG option- the camera is actually pretty good, but the pics are a bit overprocessed to allow for immediate sharing, which makes post processing more difficult than it should be.

**dannejanne** · 04-25-2013, 12:54 PM

Haven't really tried the camera that much yet. Here's an uninspired low-light macro shot of my keyboard I just took.

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**cmdrkeen86** · 04-25-2013, 12:59 PM

4:3 also seems to keep the pictures in the orientation that you took them. Taking a 16:9 picture in portrait seems to auto-rotate to landscape when you transfer to a computer. At least that's what I've found so far.