Patent ID: 7432976

Claim:
A method for macro photographing with a digital camera including a shutter button having first and second stages, and capable of photographing an object in an automatic photographing mode and a manual photographing mode by using built-in macro and normal flashes, the method comprising: setting the digital camera in one of the automatic photographing mode and the manual photographing mode; performing automatic focusing of an object and automatic setting of a first light emission amount for automatic photographing the object when the automatic mode is set, when the shutter button is in the first stage and when the macro flash is emitting light; manually setting of a second light emission amount for manual photographing and focusing on the object when the manual mode is set, and photographing the object when the shutter button is in the second stage, wherein photographing occurs according to one of the first and second light emission amounts facilitated by at least one of the macro flash and the normal flash emitting light.