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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 442104" data-attributes="member: 12496">I am skeptical it will give 1:1, but sure, it can be very close and big, big enough to pass for macro.  Anything bigger than about 1:10 can pass for macro.Real macro lenses can do 1:1, but most uses will be a bit farther. Not many "macro" pictures are actually 1:1 in practice.  A flower in closeup is 2 or 3 inches wide, but the little compact sensor is only about 1/4 inch wide, so 1:1 would not be practical in a general case.For example, a little regular compact camera (with such a macro setting) can copy 35mm slides to be full frame.   A slide copy at full frame is a very big enlargement (requiring 1:1 on a full frame camera), but compared to the tiny compact sensor, it would do good to be 1:5.   No one is going to argue it is not macro.</blockquote>