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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 576928, member: 13650&quot;]It&#039;s not you and I don&#039;t think a tri-pod is going to help you.&nbsp; If it&#039;s not showing up in focus on the display before you snap the picture, the tri-pod isn&#039;t going to do it for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; From someone that has used 4 different, modern, digital point and shoots extensively.....</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; My wife had a Minolta Z2 that took awesome macro shots with no tri-pod.&nbsp; It was effortless.&nbsp;&nbsp; No adjustments.&nbsp; No add ons.&nbsp; Amazing pictures!!</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Then I got a Canon S3 IS and I thought I was going to kick some a$$ shooting macro shots!&nbsp;&nbsp; NO WAY!&nbsp; &nbsp; This was a $400 camera and the zoom is WORTHLESS without attaching the macro lens to it on the extension.&nbsp; In any mode.&nbsp;&nbsp; If your camera can do this, I would get a cheap macro lens to add on and it will make a world of difference.&nbsp; &nbsp; I set it to macro in manual mode.&nbsp; Then I use my manual focus on the side.&nbsp; If it runs out, I can physically move the camera in or out to get it in perfect focus, without a tri-pod.&nbsp; This works well. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Then my wife got a Canon A640&nbsp; 10 megapixel powershot.&nbsp; With the macro lens attachment, it beats the S3 in ability IMO.&nbsp; Just slightly better.&nbsp; Without the attachment, it doesn&#039;t do real well in macro mode either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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