Make Your Cameraphone Take Great Macro Shots With DIY Lens

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  • 26 Aug 2009
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  • The world of DIY technology just got more accessible, thanks to the contraption you can see below. Now you can turn your cameraphone into a device that takes great macro shots, simply by tearing the lens out of a DVD player and using it over the camera.

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    Thus, you’ll get a neat macro lens that’ll work just great with your handset’s camera module. Simply glue it to your phone and take a couple of shots for all the macro beauty you can imagine. There’s a before and after comparison below, with the first shot being the normal cameraphone in action, while the second is the one with the DIY macro lens on.

    How cool is that?

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    [via Engadget Mobile]

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