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Working with a point-and-shoot for macro

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Working with a point-and-shoot for macro

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That 100-millimeter macro lens that you saw me using in the last movie, the one on the front of my SLR, will run you about a thousand bucks. You're not going to get into a good macro lens inexpensively. But there's another option, and that's the point-and-shoot. Now, this may sound strange, but this is actually a really viable option for extreme up-close macro photography. I have here a Sony Cyber Shot DSC RX100, a point-and-shoot camera that I really, really like. And it's got that thing that I want for macro shooting, which is a very small minimum focusing distance. I can really get in here close on something. I mean, look at this. I'm just a few centimeters here, and I can get in really tight and get some nice stuff. I think I can probably even get in a little bit closer than that and still achieve focus. Some other advantages to shooting this way, I'm shooting this flower that's up above my head. I wouldn't be able to get up there through the viewfinder, but of course, I've always…

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