Hey, what's the best setting to use if you want to take really close up pictures? I put my camera on macro, but am not sure whether I should zoom out and move closer, or whether i should zoom in fully and stand back a bit. Which one gives the biggest picture?
A lot of people zoom in because that allows them to be further back from the subject - a bug for example, and not scare it - but there is no best zoom angle for macro - I have a 28mm macro mode and a 200mm macro mode on my A2 - and both give very cool shots - although they each have a very different look. The wide angle has a much greater depth of field, and typical wide angle distortion - but you have to get closer.
You can see examples of the 2 different focal lengths on similar subject matter in this thread:
http://www.shuttertalk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=1022