Ken:
It may not be the same, but on my wife's DX6490 Kodak, when you put it in macro mode for closeups, you have to have the zoom backed all the way out or it won't focus. I can put the lens right on an object in macro mode and get it to focus. My Sony Mavica CD300 is about the same - if you back the zoom out, you can put the lens right on top of an object..