I bought a new camera. From experience with my last camera I one again bought a Canon Powershot. It is the SX130IS. 12x zoom, 12.1 mega pixles.

There are 3 setting that will allow me to choose macro. Manual, Aperture Priority and Program. However I'm not quit sure how to use this. Whenever I try it seems I can't get close enough to take a macro shot. No matter how I focus. If I'm standing 2' away and use zoom it doesn't work. If I'm close up, say 3" with no zoom it still doesn't work.

Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?