oh dear me. talk about getting carried way... You are being pedantic there.
The email I originally sent was to help and was correct. Recheck the
manual for the 900 - its states clearly that macro/detailed mode needs
to be enabled - in most situations. Oh and by the way, they dont call it
macro.
Curt Sampson wrote:
>On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Darren wrote:
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>>>That's actually "macro" mode: it changes the focus of the lens so that
>>>things very close to the lens will be in better focus, at the expense of
>>>things further away being less in focus.
>>>
>>>
>>Yes, thats right, detail mode. It seemed easier to explain detailled
>>mode with the flower icon, rather than macro.
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>Oh, I also want to make it clear again that whether you want to use this
>mode has nothing to do with whether or not you are scanning QR codes. If
>the QR code is big and far away (such as the one on a large poster that
>used to be in the door of a nearby AM-PM) you do not want to be using
>macro mode.
>
>If it's close (within 30 cm, usually, but maybe manual will tell you)
>you want to use macro mode. If it's not, you don't. Just test and see
>which gives better focus.
>
>cjs
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Received on Fri Jun 3 15:28:17 2005