3 Simple Ways to
Share What You Make

With Instructables you can share what you make with the world — and tap into an ever-growing community of creative experts.

PhotosPhotos

Share one or more photos of a project, recipe, or whatever you've made, quickly and easily.

Step by StepStep-By-Step

Share your step-by-step photos with text instructions of what you made so others can do it too!

VideoVideo

Share your how-to video. You'll need your embed code from a video site such as YouTube.

Macro Atachment for pocket digital camera

Macro Atachment for pocket digital camera
An easy way to make a macro (and other) attachment for your camera if it has an extending lens barrel.
 
Remove these adsRemove these ads by Signing Up
 

Step 1Gather your materials

Gather your materials
you'll need a camera, xacto knife, selection of bottle caps and a selection of lenses
« Previous StepDownload PDFView All StepsNext Step »
25 comments
Apr 25, 2010. 11:02 AMqwertyboy says:
I made one out an lens from an old camera and lined it with felt for a snug fit. I works great.
Apr 25, 2010. 11:09 AMqwertyboy says:
The pictures didn't work in IE, so here they are:
Nov 29, 2009. 11:08 PMagis68 says:
 What type of lens or lenses did you use?
Apr 15, 2008. 1:17 AMmysterious ninja of fire says:
I am makign an instructable on how to make one for your eye toy for if you use it as a webcam then ill make one on hwo to make ur eyetoy a webcam lol
Dec 26, 2008. 6:34 PMI3uckwheat says:
please post
Apr 2, 2008. 1:45 PMrownhunt says:
what can I use for macro lens for this
Jul 22, 2008. 9:22 AMfluzwup says:
I'll second that; I have a $10 mini camera just like that, though marked with a different brand. I suspect a pair of tubes that would slide inside each other, plus an appropriate magnifying lens, would do the trick.
Jul 22, 2008. 1:29 PMfluzwup says:
Using a 3x mafnifying glass and my $10 fixed focus camera, laid out like this gave me good results. Image is of a HDD controller circuit board, without magnifying glass (top) and with magnifying glass (bottom)
Nov 30, 2008. 5:05 AMPlasmana says:
That looks very good for your first try!
Nov 30, 2008. 5:05 AMPlasmana says:
here is an close-up of the mother board...
Jul 5, 2007. 11:35 AMProfMuggs says:
Where did you get your lenses?
Feb 29, 2008. 10:33 AMn0ukf says:
I found that a jewler's loupe fits nicely over the lens on my Kodak C330 and it's easily held on and steady with 2 fingers. And I can still use the zoom feature. In fact, I have to zoom in a little to get rid of the black corner fuzz (meaning the lens and holder aren't quite close enough for field of view).
Aug 28, 2007. 3:09 AMhiggrobot says:
Where did you get the microscopes?
Mar 9, 2007. 7:26 PMvladdydaddy says:
Good idea. In the past I made something similar. Make a tube out of cardboard. Cut notches at the rim of the tube and fold them over the macro lens and tape everything in place. Do not tape anything to the camera itself ; ) A simpler method is just to hold a magnifying lens in front of the camera by hand and snap a close-up - that works fine too!
Oct 11, 2006. 12:57 PMwhiteoakart says:
I have a similar set up made with an old Olympus Stylus lens. Because I had a problem with lighting, I made a masonite bracket which screws into the tripod mount. To this I clip on a bright white gooseneck LED booklight. That works pretty well. here is a shot of the system.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whiteoakart/198954708/in/set-72157594217393625/
Sep 6, 2006. 11:16 AMstonehenge360 says:
sweet im always trying to zoom in more i'll def. try this
Aug 22, 2006. 12:43 PMJoe93 says:
looks good i might try it
Aug 13, 2006. 2:12 PMjquinby says:
Excellent advice, thanks! I've posted some test shots in a flickr album here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69047046@N00/sets/72157594235489596/

Now if only the sun would come back out...
Aug 11, 2006. 9:13 PMNinJA999 says:
Hmmm... I'll have to try it. You have an interesting workbench...I would never use my laptop cover!
Aug 11, 2006. 11:07 PMElectricJ says:
wuss
Aug 11, 2006. 8:05 PMjquinby says:
Pretty slick. I grabbed the eyepiece from my daughter's telescope and have taken a few test shots with it. I've also got a Kodak - how do you deal with the camera trying to auto-focus constantly? Any special settings for lighting, shutter speed, etc?

Pro

Get More Out of Instructables

Already have an Account?

close

All Steps Viewing
View all steps of an Instructable on the same page when you're a Pro Member.

Upgrade to Pro today!
258
Followers
68
Author:Tool Using Animal
I'm a graduate of the University of Central Florida with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, I am currently working on my Master's. Otherwise, I enjoy building things, designing the things I'm going ...
more »