Is that a telephoto lense on your iPhone are are you just happy to se me?

Very nice, although I do note one hell of a chromatic aberration on the latter two pics, more visible on the second (the fountain), and the skyscraper features a bit of spherical distortion.

Think the axes and focal lengths could be matched up better to reduce these?

I’ve actually taken photos through the lens of both a pocket magnifying glass, as well as a kaleidoscope using my crappy Motorola SLVR(funny story why I still have one actually :P), used my cheapo digital camera as well, though it was harder to keep everything lined up.

WTF? I mean really. WTF?

It invalidates any benefits of either a camera phone or a full-sized camera, while keeping not only all of the disadvantages of both simultaneously but even managing to throw in a few more for good measure.

I love screwing around but what really is the point here?

wow thats not an iphone im pretty sure thats an htc of some sort

@mikeymike:
haha yea it looks like it actually is an iphone but with a really fatty case

sorry but holding lenses, (binoculars telescope or etc) next to camera do not make it into hack, something useful or creative.

It’s spelled “lens”. Why do people keep making this error?

@Gerd:
Ok he can, and he did. But I don’t consider ductaping an expensive SLR lense to an expensive camera phone a hack. Escpecially when the end product is impractical to use and the end result is far worse then any of the products original uses.

So mikeymike didnt recognize iphone in a protective case, and Steve own iphone.. so who is a moron ?

The phone with the macro lens is a htc hero (Euro version).

@ThunderBird: Yeah, first off the alignment of the optical elements could be a _lot_ better – I’m tweaking that now. Also, the little DVD lenses I’m using aren’t tweaked for visible light – the coating they’ve got on them are for laser wavelengths, so they are a likely contributor to the chromatic artifacts in the image.

@MS3FGX: Yeah, I’ve seen quite a few of the cases – some really nice ones with sets of interchangeable lenses too. It’s what inspired me to put an actual EF-mount on the coupler :)

The main point of the hack was an exercise in seeing what it takes to build an optical coupler – what works, what doesn’t. Plus it’s much more interesting than getting that info out of a textbook :)

For small values of “decent”… the iCam is on the mediocre side to begin with and those are some pretty distorted pictures! G1 has a fairly nice camera for a phone. Personally I use my SLR lenses on my SLRs, it works surprisingly well.

As for originality I suppose some Macolytes might think Apple invented digital cameras with the iPhone because until Apple copies an idea it doesn’t register, but people have been aiming various digicams through their binoculars to see what happens for at least 1,000 years.

@stunmonkey:
Preferably using duct tape.

thats def a iphone in the pic

@Mr Foo:

‘The distortion and colour shift adds to it, rather than taking away. And, you may not have noticed, but it gives DOF, manual focus, and all the other good stuff that decent lenses give.’

You have to be joking right? If by adding you refer to a – b = a + (-b) I totally agree.

http://www.makroshots.com <– here are some photos taken with a phone camera and a dvd lens. And the result… hope u like it :)