For Christmas my gf got me a 3 piece accessory camera lens for my one m8. I installed the metal ring that the lenses magnetically stick to on the main rear lens. Pictures looked not sharp. Even without the acc lens installed the pictures seemed still out if focus a bit and brightness was dim. Took the metal ring off and outs look good and sharp again. The metal ring wad on just the outside perimeter of the plastic lens so it seems weird that it would affect light gathering and focus. Looks like black plastic behind that area and it wasn't covering the lens opening at all. Does the lens look through all the surrounding plastic?
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A stupid easy mod to an otterbox commuter case to allow securely sticking a magnetic macro / wide angle lens without phone modification.
Requirements:
Evo 4G
http://sprint.comOtterbox commuter case
http://www.otterbox.comCell phone macro lens
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.14953JB Weld
The Macro lens comes with sticky metal rings that unfortunately don't stick to the otterbox case due to the recessed camera hole, however building up the camera hole with JB Weld works pretty well and the metal ring fits *perfectly* within the last tiny step.
* Test fit ring to make sure it sits cleanly in camera hole.
* Using a toothpick I *carefully* put the JB Weld on the camera hole stairs little by little to give the ring a good base.
* Take off white sticker film and place ring into JB Weld filled camera hole.
* Work from the inside of the camera hole and fill in any gaps so the JB Weld is filled within the space between the bottom of the metal ring and the open space to the camera hole "stairs"
* Let dry overnight BEFORE attempting to 'stick' a lens
After things are dry you should have a good base for those magnetic camera lenses.
The silver metal ring will look stock on the Otterbox case as long as you were careful with the JB Weld. I would recommend sliding the lens on and off to avoid putting unneeded pressure on the ring once dry.. (why tempt fate?)
The extra distance from the camera to the lens reduces how close the macro lens operates slightly, but is still allows you to get much better picture vs stock.
Good luck!
Metal ring applied:
http://i54.tinypic.com/i2vbpd.jpg
EDIT 10/27:
Example photos: (office environment, bad lighting)
http://i55.tinypic.com/2yvsbjm.jpg -- stock
http://i56.tinypic.com/xmu648.jpg -- macro lens close up
http://i55.tinypic.com/28iqlms.jpg -- wide angle lens
Example photo: (at home, better lighting)
http://i51.tinypic.com/104jayr.jpg -- macro lens close up
Very nice, thanks for sharing
nice job!!!!
Can you post some of the images you've taken with the modded lens and maybe provide a comparison to stock?
That is cool.
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I've found that my Desire camera photos always appear hazy, or to have a sort of "halo" around them when they're taken - certainly not nearly as sharp as they should be for a 5MP camera.
Has anyone else had this problem and is there a solution?
It's because the lens cover in the back case is not very good and is distorting the view.
If you take the back off the phone and take a few shots, you will see they are much clearer.
There's actually a thread about this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=990596&highlight=camera+cover
I pierced my lense cover out of the back cover as it seems many others have done and now get amazing images. Obviously not everyone would like to do that so you can always try and clean the lense on the back cover with a cotton bud and lense cleaning solution Seems like a design fault as that plastic lense cover gets filthy very quickly and ruins images.
Yeah after watching that video I tried taking a picture with the battery cover off and the clarity was brilliant!
Have you noticed any dust, etc. problems with the lens cover off?
had my lens cover off for 6 months or so, need to take the cover off to wipe off the dust occasionally but no scratches - seems the glass on the sensor is much harder than that on the cover.
best thing i ever did, just pressed out of battery cover in 2 seconds.
DesUKire said:
I pierced my lense cover out of the back cover as it seems many others have done and now get amazing images. Obviously not everyone would like to do that so you can always try and clean the lense on the back cover with a cotton bud and lense cleaning solution Seems like a design fault as that plastic lense cover gets filthy very quickly and ruins images.
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Done same thing mate.
b0ng0 said:
Yeah after watching that video I tried taking a picture with the battery cover off and the clarity was brilliant!
Have you noticed any dust, etc. problems with the lens cover off?
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Obviously dust gets there, but it can be easily sorted out with a good blow and a bit of cloth.
I pierced mine out too an replaced it with a saphire glass which is really hard and resistant. No scratches until now (5 months) and the camera pics are like the ones you take with the cover off.
The only disadvantage is that you have to order it in the United Kingdom and pay for the shipping.
I found one also on Amazon, otherwise search on Google for Edmund Optics, they sell them.
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Hey guys. So I really like the feel of the naked Nexus, but I noticed that the camera part touches surfaces whenever laid down. Anybody ever had problems with this being scratched and affecting pics?
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When it's laid down it doesn't exactly rests on the lens itself. It actually rests on the top metal ring of the lens, It's hard to see but if you look closely you can see it.
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When it's laid down it doesn't exactly rests on the lens itself. It actually rests on the top metal ring of the lens, It's hard to see but if you look closely you can see it.
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Even when considering how small the amount is that the silver ring is raised above the lense? (Its so small, I wouldn't even consider it raised above it, I'd consider them even)
The silver edge is raised above the surface of the lens. A case isn't going to help that much either. The lens is exposed no matter what...
Actually, the curved back makes the camera lens rise up a few millimeters. Only the bottom part of the area with the LED flash is actually touching the surface
Evidently our camera lenses aren't made from Gorilla glass also. Today I encountered 2 small scratches across the lens of the rear facing camera while cleaning it with the soft side of my T-shirt. I usually use a micro fiber cloth but have used my T-shirt on all my other phones all the time. This is very disappointing to me, has anybody else experienced this yet?
I have the same problem. There's a couple light scratches on the camera lens. I don't think the lens has gorilla glass unlike the front and back.
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but no difference in camera result
mine has got scratches too.but when i compared camera result of mine optimus g to a brand new one there was no difference...
My phone has been in a case since day one, and I found a light small scratch on it.
I think most LGOG come with a small scratch we can't see with the naked eye, I've never touched the lens once.
Could be dust or scratch inside the lens.
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Hey folks,
I'm after a replacement cover for my rear facing camera lens, but I need one with a steel rim, I use multiple camera attachments for fish eye, wide angle and macro lenses which are all magnetized. As it stands currently I have to stick a washer to the lens cover in order to use these lenses.
Ideally I'd like to replace the camera surround itself with a metal rim so I no longer require the washer, this would also improve image quality a bit as the lenses would be closer to the camera.
check ebay saw on for 7$