Just recently I picked up a Nikon D40 with the kit lens 18-55mm. I'm pretty new to photography and have been taking tons of pictures. I was wondering if there was setting to enable macro, or if it was built into the lens and it is automatically adjusted with the lens? I also ordered the Nikkor 55-200mm Lens from nikon as well. I was wondering if anyone has some other beginner advice? Note: experimenting with HDR... different exposures without a tripod it is really hard. Thanks, Dan
Purchase a good tripod, your pictures will improve dramatically. As for Macro there isn't a setting, its the lens, you could take your kit lens and turn it backwards and that would be a reverse macro lens...creates a very shallow DOF. And is difficult to hold and focus and shoot at one time. You can buy an extension tube that allow for close-up macro shots with your lens. (the Cheaper way) Or find a lens that says it is macro.
You need to do as lockwood said or, find some nice Nikor-Micro lenses. There is no Macro mode in dslrs. You can shoot faily close up though with the 18-55. Just move in back and forth to till you get to the closest it will focus.
