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Problem in Manual Focus of Canon Powershot A510

I am having problem in Macro Mode in Canon Powershot A510 camera.During manual focus i can view more close up picture in LCD,But when i click the button the same picture(which is appeared in LCD) is not recorded and getting the pictures which is too far.I dont know this is problem in my camera only or need some other operation. Anybody can suggest me how to short out this problem. Thanks, Ponraj

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Some how it seems the auto focus- which in macro mode is looking at something else[because of parallax]is over riding your manual focus attempts. Check the manual carefully to see if there is a mention here for special things to do for close work or contact the Canon Technical Support

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