Forktail damselfly, Ischnura sp | Herston, Brisbane, February 8, 2012 | flickr
I am not really happy with the implementation of supermacro mode on Fuji X10 because in order to get decent magnification the camera should be positioned very close to the object. It is not a big issue with flowers and other inactive objects but with insects it is a big problem. It can be done, as you can see, but it is somewhat complicated. I was lucky today with the weather (early afternoon, just before the rain), and the damselfly apparently was not in a flying mood. Shot with Fuji X10 in Supermacro mode / Aperture priority, F4.5, iso 100, 1/180 sec. I also used a reduced focusing area. I generally use a single spot focusing and spot metering, and on Fuji X10 the size of the focusing spot can be changed by user. I am not sure if this change also affects the metering but it seems that it does improve focusing in macro mode.
The image above was rotated, cropped and resized in GIMP, and unsharpen mask was applied for final picture. Below is unedited 100% crop from the original JPEG. Click on the images to see a bigger picture.
Unedited 100% crop from the original OOC JPEG
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