Macro Mode Photos   Most of the newer digital cameras include a macro mode, which overrides the auto focus to take very 'close up', detailed photos. Here are a few examples of what macro mode can do on a typical digital camera. I took these pictures with my Olympus D-400z in December 1998 and January 1999. A great close up picture of a green iguana. Arguably the best example here of the capability of macro mode to show details, although the picture you can see here has been darkened from the original. You can see each of his scales very clearly. This is a tiny gecko inside a plastic cup. Although the gecko is not especially in focus, the photo is impressive because of how it shows the inside of a regular, small cup in such great detail; you can read the "Solo" printing on the bottom of the cup. This is a picture of a stained glass tree. The sunlight is shining through, and sharp details on the actual tree are visible. An overall nice photo. Another close-up photo of that gecko. In this picture, you can see it and the board that it's on in pretty crisp detail. Just another close up. This one shows stuffed puffer fishes at a souvenir shop in Florida. Nothing particularly special about this picture, although these little puffers are kind of cool looking! (I really ought to photograph the one that I own, that would be a better picture than this one.)