After taking apart dozens of disposable cameras over the years, I found myself with a lot of lenses of varying sizes and nothing to use them for... until now!
By making a simple carriage that would hold the lens and attach to my iPhone via rubber band, I was able to make a virtually free macro lens that takes amazingly close shots in practically no time at all. In this Instructable, I will build one with 2 lenses, one on each end, so you can take shots of different macro level just by flipping the carriage around! Let's get started...
By making a simple carriage that would hold the lens and attach to my iPhone via rubber band, I was able to make a virtually free macro lens that takes amazingly close shots in practically no time at all. In this Instructable, I will build one with 2 lenses, one on each end, so you can take shots of different macro level just by flipping the carriage around! Let's get started...
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To make this lens assembly, we'll only need a few parts, but each part could conceivably by swapped out for something similar with no ill effects:
Lens(es) - To be honest, I think I got these lenses out of disposable cameras. They had been sitting on my desk for a while, but I'm pretty sure they are. As a general rule of thumb, the smaller the diameter, the more macro you'll get out of it. You may also find good lenses to use from cheap laser pointers.
Balsa Wood - This is the material I chose to make the carriage for my macro lenses because it's incredibly easy to cut and work with, and I had it lying around. Optimally, your carriage material would be the same thickness as your lens so you don't capture it in your pictures, but for me I found that a bit of overhang actually creates sort of a cool vignette.
Rubber Band -This is to attach the carriage to your iPhone (or any phone, for that matter). Probably the best thing for the job, as I wouldn't suggest duct tape. Or Gorilla Glue...
You'll also need an X-Acto knife or something similarly sharp to cut the balsa wood.
Lens(es) - To be honest, I think I got these lenses out of disposable cameras. They had been sitting on my desk for a while, but I'm pretty sure they are. As a general rule of thumb, the smaller the diameter, the more macro you'll get out of it. You may also find good lenses to use from cheap laser pointers.
Balsa Wood - This is the material I chose to make the carriage for my macro lenses because it's incredibly easy to cut and work with, and I had it lying around. Optimally, your carriage material would be the same thickness as your lens so you don't capture it in your pictures, but for me I found that a bit of overhang actually creates sort of a cool vignette.
Rubber Band -This is to attach the carriage to your iPhone (or any phone, for that matter). Probably the best thing for the job, as I wouldn't suggest duct tape. Or Gorilla Glue...
You'll also need an X-Acto knife or something similarly sharp to cut the balsa wood.
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Or something... I'm a little slow sometimes to pick up on things but I didn't "get it" for a second...
I did similar thing with my webcam-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koaRNWjW39s&feature=g-upl
the thing is you have to get focal point of object to your sensor screen.can be done in many ways.
...why do we buy anything at all?
Also, really cool Legos - many kudos.