iPhone Camera Mod - Macro Focus
By Aaron Besson at 27 August, 2008, 3:26 pm
I came across a really cool hardware mod over on iClarified.com. Daniel Forsythe modded his iPhone Camera by removing the glue that hold the lens in focus so he could use it to read bar codes that he shoots from magazines and equipment labels.
The mod involves breaking the glue that holds in the camera module and rotating the lens to bring the focus closer to the camera. With this hack, he can snap photos of close-in subjects. Check out his Flickr photo set for samples and discussion.
As soon as I saw this i reached into a drawer I have (referred to as the iPhone Graveyard) and whipped out a camera component from an opened iPhone. I was able to remove the glue easily with a sharp artist knife (exacto blade).
I will be putting it into a phone I am about to try and fix the sound on (stuck in headphones mode after a nasty fall). So I’ll snap some shots with it to test then.. But check out Daniels Flikr Gallery, its quite impressive.
[via iClarified & TUAW]
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