macro's

[dave]

hello again
So today i was able to play with my new digi cam the canon s30 and i love it its absoultly wonderful.......but i cant seem to get real good macros the closes i can get is about 6 inches befor it goes blury im sure most of my problem is inexperience i mean i do have a full 4 hours of playing with it but i dont think thats makes me a pro lol any ideas on different things i can try to increase the min distance for macros my cam has fully manual aperture shuter speed white balence and focus and all the other himidyhaus you could use. what would be the best scene mode or is all manual the way to go please give me all the info you all have