Okay, I finally broke down and bought myself the camera mentioned in the
subject header--B-Day gift to me, from me!

Anyway, as the instructions manual is about 270 pages of tech. goobledy goop
and I have no *real* photography experience, other than taking **** poor
pics with **** poor cameras, I am asking if anyone has any experience with
this particular camera and can tell me how best to utilize the macro
function to take pics of flyz I have tied or will tie in the future.

I realize that I can set the thing in one of the two macro modes, but I am
still having difficulty getting it to focus head on to a fly-it blurs out
and focuses on the background? I am reading the instructions, but there are
many different ways to utilize the many different modes and settings. What
would really help is a tutorial that is specific to this camera and macro
picture taking--preferably taking macro pics of flys. Anyone know of any
such tutorials?

I have signed up with Digital Photography School
http://digital-photography-school.com/ , but I figure it never hurts to ask
the experts here!

Thanks!

Op