Method for close-range and general-range photographing by digital camera
View Patent ↗A method for macro photographing with a digital camera without attaching a separate light source apparatus for macro photographing is provided. A method for macro photographing in automatic light emission mode of a digital camera with a two-stage shutter button, and capable of photographing an object in close range in automatic light emission mode by using built-in macro and normal flashes, in which the amount of light emission is automatically adjusted, includes: when the shutter button operates in stage 1 , with the macro flash emitting light initially, and by performing auto focusing of an object, and setting light exposure automatically, determining a required light emission amount; and when the shutter button operates in stage 2 , if the required light emission amount is equal to or less than the maximum light emission amount that the macro flash can emit, the macro flash emitting light, and if the required light emission amount is greater than the maximum light emission amount that the macro flash can emit, the normal flash which emits light in normal mode emitting light to photograph the object.
1. A method for macro photographing with a digital camera including a shutter button having first and second stages, and capable of photographing an object in an automatic photographing mode and a manual photographing mode by using built-in macro and normal flashes, the method comprising:
setting the digital camera in one of the automatic photographing mode and the manual photographing mode;
performing automatic focusing of an object and automatic setting of a first light emission amount for automatic photographing the object when the automatic mode is set, when the shutter button is in the first stage and when the macro flash is emitting light;
manually setting of a second light emission amount for manual photographing and focusing on the object when the manual mode is set, and
photographing the object when the shutter button is in the second stage, wherein photographing occurs according to one of the first and second light emission amounts facilitated by at least one of the macro flash and the normal flash emitting light.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of photographing the object comprises:
first determining if a required light emission amount for photographing is less than a minimum light emission amount from the macro flash and preventing light emission therefrom;
second determining if a required light emission amount is equal to or greater than the minimum light emission amount from the macro flash and equal to or less than a maximum light emission amount from the macro flash and emitting light therefrom; and
third determining if a required light emission amount is greater than the maximum light emission amount from the macro flash and emitting light from the normal flash.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the manually setting step is performed by adjusting a light emission amount from a setting menu displayed in an on screen display.