What's Macro?

When does a close up shot become a macro picture.

Technically when the subject is reproduced at life size or larger on the sensor / film.

So, a 10mm long bug will cover at least 10mm of your sensor.

In practise, it is often used for a close focusing lens that can maybe reproduce the object at half life size, say. Officially though, life size or better.

Thanks sandpiper "your up late"

khall wrote in post #7019514
Thanks sandpiper "your up late"

Nah, I'm a night owl. Even though I usually have to get up about 7.30 to go to work, I am frequently up until 3 am or later.

You will always get some discussion where the borderline is between macro and closeup but I tend to use a definition for macro that the resulting picture should show detail not visible to the naked eye. This equates to a minimum magnification of about 0.5:1 on a 1.6 crop camera, or an in focus FOV width of about 5 cms.

Brian V.

Thanks Brian for your interpretation of of my question.