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hello, i'm new to this forum and i have a question.. I have a sony p-10 and want to take close/detailed photo with it. I'm having problems focusing the camera for very close shot pictures. the camera doesn't want to lock on to the item that i'm taking photo of. What do i need to do to take close shot pictures with this camera? any suggestions would be great. oh yeah, anyone have this problems with p-10? my friend dropped my camera and now the camera takes it's sweet time turning on. sometimes, when it's cold, it doesn't even turn on because the lense part where it moves is like stuck. it comes out and goes back in etc... is this a common problem?

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I use a p10, and i too have dificulty in taking close up shots. you can get as close as about 5cm b4 you get blurry shots. I set my cmera on 5megapixels and jude the distance, then crop in photoshop, but its trial and error, you get the feel after a bit though.
As for the problem with the lens, you may have to hav it looked at as you may have damaged the gearing on the motor that makes the lens go in and out

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ic.. thanks... i just saw couple of pictures that someone took with Canon SD200 and i was blown away. it's only 3.2 mp but man, it can take close up pictures with it's micro mode.. maybe i need to ditch the sony and get myself a canon..

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Originally posted by flytojungh
ic.. thanks... i just saw couple of pictures that someone took with Canon SD200 and i was blown away. it's only 3.2 mp but man, it can take close up pictures with it's micro mode.. maybe i need to ditch the sony and get myself a canon..

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do you think sony p10 is just not capable of taking VERY close macro shots? I was looking at someone's picture that they took with canon s40(4mp) camera and i was blown away. It took a macro shot of a penny and it was able to take it soooooooo close with so much detail. The person didn't use any other lense with the camera except for the lense that came with it. I was trying to do the same with p10 and didn't even come close

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really yes i do, the trick is, taking the picture from 10cm or more, in macro mode, then because it high detailed 5mp, using adobe photoshop, to zoom in, and cut to size. this is probably what they did, 60% photo 40% editing

remember if your closer than 10cm the camera will struggle to focus sharply.

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Originally posted by chronic
really yes i do, the trick is, taking the picture from 10cm or more, in macro mode, then because it high detailed 5mp, using adobe photoshop, to zoom in, and cut to size. this is probably what they did, 60% photo 40% editing

remember if your closer than 10cm the camera will struggle to focus sharply.

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yeah.. that's what i thought.. Thanks! This is what i took today with my p10.. i think it's close enough..

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So this is the results you have been getting, or once you tried what i suggested this is the result you got. Because i think thats very good. Quite a good level of detail on that.

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Originally posted by chronic
So this is the results you have been getting, or once you tried what i suggested this is the result you got. Because i think thats very good. Quite a good level of detail on that.

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