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Take Super-Macro photos with Cellphone camera

Take Super-Macro photos with Cellphone camera
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In this Instructable, I will show how to take amazing macro photos with almost any mobile phone camera.
It can shoot very nearly from the object (about 1-3mm max) putting a small laser lens over phone lens.

Materials:
- 1 laser lens, you can find it on laser-pens like the one on the photo
- A mobile phone with camera
- A piece of clear tape.

 
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Step 1Preparing the lens

Preparing the lens
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this is very easy...
First take the small lens from the laser and paste over the tape.
Then put the lens over the phone lens (like shown on photo) setting it on the center of the phone lens and firmly with the tape.
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19 comments
Dec 26, 2011. 9:33 PMHinata76 says:
im impressed!

the cap only get from those laser pens? no other items?
Feb 4, 2009. 4:05 AMZelka says:
Cyanide and Happiness!!!! Dude i like your style :)
May 16, 2009. 7:39 PMflio191 says:
lol, it's the instructables robot, but i guess it does look like cyanide and happiness too
Jul 14, 2011. 6:14 PMthirtyfivefox says:
and its an LCD monitor as opposed to a CRT yaaaaay science and technology!!!
Sep 4, 2009. 6:13 AMnodnodwinkwink says:
I used a lense from a cd burner and my nokia 6230i mobile. Heres two extreme closeups of my fingerprint and a written full stop.
Nov 15, 2010. 11:07 AMintosia says:
Wow! Thats freaky stuff :D *breaking open old cdplayer*
Jul 31, 2010. 7:26 AMpleabargain says:
Wow! Cool stuff!
Oct 16, 2009. 6:45 AMand-reas says:
WOW! that's really neat. my macro-camera can't beat that closeup..
Jan 1, 2009. 4:49 AMalex_fittyfives says:
This is cool but I don't have a laser pen hanging around. Would this work with the lens from an old optical disc player?
Aug 15, 2010. 6:16 AMsillywilly says:
Member "nodnodwinkwink" shows a couple pics of his fingerprint using lens from CD burner back on Sep 4, 2009. 6:13 AM and it worked awesome! I don't see why a player lens shouldn't work. Try it! That's the fun of doing this. Experiment!
Aug 10, 2009. 6:17 PMIncrediblyCondensedBlackMatter says:
these can be taken from laser printers/fax machines too. and they have a housing already. very handy
Jan 3, 2009. 6:43 PMTrebawa says:
It should; I'm not an expert but it's still a laser, albeit a more finely focused one.
Jan 12, 2010. 5:47 AMDamian84 says:
hi there! here is my try :)  www.makroshots.com  How do you like it?
Sep 8, 2009. 5:01 PMjam BD says:
Lenses are amazing...=D
Aug 28, 2009. 5:28 PMReCreate says:
Hah that's pretty neat. I can't believe i never thought of that before!
Nov 28, 2008. 5:56 AMee909 says:
This is so easy to do that i just might do it xD.
Aug 27, 2008. 8:16 AMcodester says:
Awesome!
Aug 10, 2008. 10:50 PMIan01 says:
They look like half of my photos, except they have a nice blur around the edges.
Jul 28, 2008. 10:47 PMfalafelcakes says:
Awesome and simple, I love it!

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