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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eyelight" data-source="post: 413363" data-attributes="member: 24753">I believe all the "macro" setting on the camera does is change some settings like the focus area and it will also control the f/stop and shutter.The camera/lens may not focus if it doesn't have good light or if the subject is difficult for the AF to see.  Should be able to manually focus if the subject is in the focus range of the lens. Depth of field may be an issue. The DOF, for instance, at 5' using 25mm and f/2.8 is about 24" +/-, but the image will only be sharp at the focus distance and sharpness will fall off well before the reaching the edges of the calculated DOF, especially if enlarging the image.</blockquote>