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<blockquote data-quote="480sparky" data-source="post: 441839" data-attributes="member: 15805"><p>There is no official definition of a macro image, or a macro camera, or even the parameters that define the word. Given the lack of standard, the manufacturers are at liberty to use the word however they wish using a bit of 'Madison Avenue Licensing'. I could make a ham and cheese sandwich and call it 'macro'. I could sell 'Macro Shampoo" and operate a "Macro Taxi" service. "<em>Super Macro</em>" is just non-sensical mumbo-jumbo intended to sell a product to the uninformed.</p><p></p><p>The generally accepted definition is a 1x magnification, or a 1:1 reproduction ratio. This means the image of the actual object being photographed is projected at the same size as the actual object. Meaning, a 1mm subject is projected on the sensor/film and would be measured to be 1mm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="480sparky, post: 441839, member: 15805"] There is no official definition of a macro image, or a macro camera, or even the parameters that define the word. Given the lack of standard, the manufacturers are at liberty to use the word however they wish using a bit of 'Madison Avenue Licensing'. I could make a ham and cheese sandwich and call it 'macro'. I could sell 'Macro Shampoo" and operate a "Macro Taxi" service. "[I]Super Macro[/I]" is just non-sensical mumbo-jumbo intended to sell a product to the uninformed. The generally accepted definition is a 1x magnification, or a 1:1 reproduction ratio. This means the image of the actual object being photographed is projected at the same size as the actual object. Meaning, a 1mm subject is projected on the sensor/film and would be measured to be 1mm. [/QUOTE]
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