I've been experimenting with various camera hacks for my iPhone 4 recently. The first one I tried was a Mini Microscope Mod by Crabfu. Next I tried the CD/DVD lens hack. Both were fun and had some okay results. The CD/DVD lens was incredibly difficult to mount and the quality wasn't that great. The Mini Microscope Mod only works really close up and I often have lighting issues. It's also hard to get things in focus and you have to use your digital zoom to get rid of the black circle around the frame. I think I found a hack that is better than both, cheaper and much better quality. Before we get to that though, if you want to try the CD/DVD lens hack, I made this video about how to remove one from an old PC CD player:
I was recently wandering though a thrift shop and saw a huge basket of old 35mm camera's for between $2 and $3 dollars. I decided to buy one, tear it apart and see what kind of lenses I could pillage from the interior. What I found was a gold mine and it was super cheap. It did take a long time to get to everything though. It took about 1 hour of labor and you'll need a tiny screw driver and a pair of wire cutters.
I also purchased an old broken Polaroid camera and found an amazing lens that was similar to the dvd/cd lens but bigger. Its much easier to mount and align with the iPhone camera and takes higher quality pictures.
You can check out some of the Microscopic pictures I've taken on my Flickr page.
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