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<\/p>\nRecently I bought a “pocket” or “travel” camera that has a great zoom, HD video and is small and compact. \u00a0So small and compact in fact that it fell out of my hands one day as I was getting stuff out of the car and it landed on the concrete.<\/p>\n
Bad move for a digital camera, for although it works, all kinds of dirt has gotten behind the lens and all of the photos are corrupted.<\/p>\n
I just got notification the other day that it cannot be repaired under warranty and was asked if I wanted to spend 200 bucks for a refurbished one. \u00a0I decided that since I could buy a new one for just a third more, I’d make do with what I have for the time being, my steady eddy Olympus 5060 zoom that got a little water damage last year. \u00a0I wrote about it here at the time.<\/p>\n
Since that time, although it seems to generally be working quite well, the auto focus for very close up zoom images seemed have developed issues.<\/p>\n
Yesterday while hiking I decided that I would try something new, and switch to the manual super close up setting and discovered that not only can I get in close, but the camera creates a magnified portion of the lens so I can really see what I’m doing.<\/p>\n
Now this is good, since the camera has an articulating screen and I can get down on the ground without having to lay on my stomach.<\/p>\n
I’m really pleased with the results, even if they are very very hard to get – since you have to move the camera back and forth to focus – and while in a squat, that can take serious effort.<\/p>\n
The first image is close – but then the second is the super close.<\/p>\n
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In this next image, you can see the individual grains of pollen on the back of the bug.<\/p>\n
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Next – a crop of just the bug and the pollen.<\/p>\n
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