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The user manuals coming with lenses most of the time have little information about how to use them. The lens will have a MF and AF and perhaps a VR switch. If you want to learn more about macro photography, check this site from Ken Rockwell, where he is explaining how to do so with a Nikon camera.
Be aware the macro lenses are designed to focus close to the camera and will have the sharpest pictures close to the camera. I would not say you can't use a micro as a tele, but the results with a normal 105 could be better.
Still I think you have a great lens with your Sigma. How to Shoot Macro
I don't believe there is one. I think that like many other cameras, the EX-FH20 has a small built-in rechargeable battery which is charged from the main batteries (the four AAs). If this is the case, that battery is not user-replaceable.
If your camera is losing the date and other settings when the main batteries are removed, try leaving the main batteries in overnight first.
Try this, Touch "Menu", then Auto(Macro) and select desire mode. Auto(Macro) -> camera will adjust focus automatically from distant subject to close-up. Close Focus on -> Close distant shoot.
If you're right "on top" of the subject - then, yes - it should indicate "macro". Macro focusing is for "very up close" photography and is exactly as you describe. You simply physically move the camera a little closer to or further from the subject to focus.
Not all lenses are capable of macro focusing. The vast majority of these non-macro lenses are required to be at least a couple (or more) feet away to focus. Macro lenses on the other hand can usually get just inches away - which is a great capability.
First, turn off the Macro setting. That's for close subjects, not far ones. With it on, the lens will not focus past a certain distance.
Second, the camera doesn't know whether you're taking a picture of some bushes or of a fox. In this case it's going to have a tendency to focus on the nearer object. So, turn off the autofocus and focus manually.
You may be beyond (up to close) the focal capability of the lens. Even though there is a macro setting, the lens may not have the capability to focus on an object that close (without adding an external macro lens). The specification on the minimal distance for focus should be listed in the owner's manual.
(From Sigma lens literature) Capable of macro photography, this
lens has a 1:2 maximum close-up magnification at the 300 mm focal
length. It's the ideal high performance lens for portraits, sports
photography, nature photography, and other types of photography that
frequently use the telephoto range. It also has a switch for changeover
to macro photography at focal lengths between 200mm and 300mm with a
maximum close-up magnification from 1:2.9 to 1:2. The minimum focusing
distance is 1.5m / 59 in. at all zoom settings.
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