Agree with Harry, technically macro is 1:1 but the true meaning is hardly ever used these days unless someone is being pedantic. The 'rot' set in when manufacturers started putting a 'macro' setting on their popular zooms because it helped sell them. I have no idea at what magnification macro becomes photomicrography. I too am happy to go with the flow and call close ups macro although I realize it is wrong and there is no definition of the term 'close up.' At the end of the day what matters is how good or otherwise is the final image.
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