Solution
1. Press the power button to turn the camera on.
2. Press the <

> button, choose [Macro] (

) (either press the <

><

> buttons or turn the <

> dial), and then press the <FUNC./SET> (

) button.
3. Once the setting is complete, (

) is displayed.
REFERENCE
- To prevent camera shake, try mounting the camera on a tripod and shooting with the camera set to [Self-Timer].
REFERENCE
- If the flash fires, vignetting may occur.
- With the AF frame mode set to [Face AiAF], using Touch Shutter returns the camera to [
].
NOTE
- The screen indications when operating the <Zoom lever> in [Macro] (
) mode are as follows.
In the

yellow bar display area below the zoom bar,

[

] will turn gray and the camera will not focus.
The shooting distance for each [Focusing Range] is as shown in the following table (from the end of the lens). If you shoot beyond the following ranges, the subject may be out of focus.
Also, the [Focusing Range] cannot be set in some shooting modes. Please see the following table for details.
Model | Shooting Range | Shooting modes in which [Focusing Range] cannot be set |
[Normal]
 | [Macro]
 | [Underwater macro]*3
 | [Quick]*4
 | [Manual focus]
 |
PowerShot G1 X Mark II | 5 cm (2.0 in.) – infinity (W)*1 40 cm 1.3 ft.) – infinity (T)*2 | 5 – 50 cm (2.0 in. – 1.6 ft.) (W)*1 | 5 – 50 cm (2.0 in. – 1.6 ft.) (W)*1 | 1.5 - 20 m (4.9 - 66 ft.) (W)*1 1.5 - 20 m (4.9 - 66 ft.) (T)*2 | 5 cm (2.0 in.) – infinity (W)*1 40 cm
(1.3 ft.) – infinity (T) *2 | , , , , ,  |
*1 (W): When turning the < Zoom Lever > toward
(
) to the maximum wide angle side (Max. wide angle).
*2 (T): When turning the < Zoom Lever > toward (
) to the maximum telephoto side (Max. telephoto).
*3 In [
] mode, optical zoom is set to maximum wide angle.
*4 In [
] mode, subjects at close range may not be in focus. In this case, try setting the focus range to [
].