From time to time I need to take a picture. Just yesterday I needed a shot to send to the manufacturer of a piece of computer equipment I purhased that had a defect. So it was a pretty close shot (about a foot away). It was so convenient to use the iphone ... just email the shot to myself. The picture was terribly out of focus. Is this a job I should do with something other than the iphone, or is there some way of taking a reasonably sharp close-up picture with the iphone? archived from misc.phone.mobile.iphone

In article <2hjkjl.dqt.19.1@news.alt.net>, Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote: > From time to time I need to take a picture. Just yesterday I needed a > shot to send to the manufacturer of a piece of computer equipment I > purhased that had a defect. So it was a pretty close shot (about a > foot away). It was so convenient to use the iphone ... just email the > shot to myself. > > The picture was terribly out of focus. Is this a job I should do with > something other than the iphone, or is there some way of taking a > reasonably sharp close-up picture with the iphone? You might get a better result with a free app called Darkroom, but there are limits to the iPhone camera, and it doesn't handle extreme closeups well. -- I love words. - Susannah McCorkle archived from misc.phone.mobile.iphone

Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote in news:2hjkjl.dqt.19.1@news.alt.net: > The picture was terribly out of focus. Is this a job I should do with > something other than the iphone, or is there some way of taking a > reasonably sharp close-up picture with the iphone? > > > Like most cheap smartphones, iPhone has a very basic pinhole camera, fixed focus. You can't change its focus or almost anything else. It's the Brownie Instamatic of digital cams. You need a real digital cam with a real lens to do closeup photography. From the amazing way I was treated on a repair job, I highly recommend cams by Canon. Simply amazing pictures in any light. Canon even paid the shipping both ways and I wasn't even the original owner! Also, a lot of phonecams can get lots better pictures if someone will stop and use some glass cleaner and a paper towel on the lens cover! Mine get all covered with fingerprints, pocket crap, and various other nasties like a pocketed eyeglasses. That makes the pictures come out fuzzy at best. A simple lens cleaning does amazing things to any phone cam that's been in a pocket over 15 seconds. archived from misc.phone.mobile.iphone

At 27 Jan 2009 19:40:54 +0000 Larry wrote: > Also, a lot of phonecams can get lots better pictures if someone will stop > and use some glass cleaner and a paper towel on the lens cover! Mine get > all covered with fingerprints, pocket crap, and various other nasties like > a pocketed eyeglasses. That makes the pictures come out fuzzy at best. A > simple lens cleaning does amazing things to any phone cam that's been in a > pocket over 15 seconds. One (unintentional, I assume) "feature" of my AT&T Tilt that I appreciate is that the lens protector glass is built into the battery cover. To get a clearer shot I simply remove the battery cover and get rid of the lint, etc. without having to clean it! ;-) archived from misc.phone.mobile.iphone

In article <2hjkjl.dqt.19.1@news.alt.net>, gary_w1@hotmail.com says... > From time to time I need to take a picture. Just yesterday I needed a > shot to send to the manufacturer of a piece of computer equipment I > purhased that had a defect. So it was a pretty close shot (about a > foot away). It was so convenient to use the iphone ... just email the > shot to myself. > > The picture was terribly out of focus. Is this a job I should do with > something other than the iphone, or is there some way of taking a > reasonably sharp close-up picture with the iphone? > > The only way to take good close-ups on the iPhone is by using something like the Griffin Clarifi case. This has a built-in close-up lens, that you slide across over the iPhone lens. Works brilliantly. I became aware of the Clarifi when I first got into Evernote, as they suggested it for use in taking close-ups of business cards, for example, which Evernote then decodes into text and automatically inserts into a note as proper contact fields. Check out: http://www.griffintechnology.com/pr... and for Evernote (highly recommended): http://www.evernote.com/ -- NightStalker archived from misc.phone.mobile.iphone

Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AnoOspamL.com> wrote in news:KxSfl.39093$E%6.5023 @newsfe04.iad: > At 27 Jan 2009 19:40:54 +0000 Larry wrote: > >> Also, a lot of phonecams can get lots better pictures if someone will > stop >> and use some glass cleaner and a paper towel on the lens cover! Mine > get >> all covered with fingerprints, pocket crap, and various other nasties > like >> a pocketed eyeglasses. That makes the pictures come out fuzzy at best. > A >> simple lens cleaning does amazing things to any phone cam that's been > in a >> pocket over 15 seconds. > > One (unintentional, I assume) "feature" of my AT&T Tilt that I appreciate > is that the lens protector glass is built into the battery cover. To get > a clearer shot I simply remove the battery cover and get rid of the lint, > etc. without having to clean it! ;-) > > The idiots at Motorola RECESSED the cover on the Z6 phones probably in some scheme to protect the plastic from being scratched. But, alas, this only makes this little hole that fills up with whatever the hole can catch in it...lint, dirt, finger grease, hair, scales (Klingons), etc. You have to dig the damned stuff out of it or use high pressure air. If they had surface mounted a hard glass lens, rubbing against your pocket would keep the lens clean, not use it as a pit. archived from misc.phone.mobile.iphone

Gary wrote: > From time to time I need to take a picture. Just yesterday I needed a > shot to send to the manufacturer of a piece of computer equipment I > purhased that had a defect. So it was a pretty close shot (about a foot > away). It was so convenient to use the iphone ... just email the shot > to myself. > > The picture was terribly out of focus. Is this a job I should do with > something other than the iphone, or is there some way of taking a > reasonably sharp close-up picture with the iphone? The best way to get a good pic off the iphone is to perch a DSLR with some decent glass on top ..... Mike archived from misc.phone.mobile.iphone