iPhone camera mod for magnification: because you can

We've thought before how nice it might be to have some powers of magnification on the iPhone's cam... but are we going to go out and mod our unit? Probably not, but that doesn't mean we can't admire someone else's work. Taking various lenses and attaching them to the lid of a jar, the modder quite carefully built a contraption that looks a little "hobo Steampunk" to us, but we're still fairly impressed with this little gadget. Hit the read link for full, detailed instructions and more photos if you'd like to make one of your own.

[Lorn Posted Nov 23rd 2009 6:40PM]

The only thing missing is the duct tape hands-free.

P.S First :)

[Processing Posted Nov 23rd 2009 6:42PM]

That's awesome, I guess....pretty cool....

[JayXL14 Posted Nov 23rd 2009 6:42PM]

Talk about useless..

And by the way, no one cares that you were first .

[JayXL14 Posted Nov 23rd 2009 6:42PM]

Talk about useless.. I like my iPhone the way it is.

And by the way, no one cares that you were first .

[NAME Posted Nov 23rd 2009 6:45PM]

we need a banning on First and double posters.

[Emptyfield Posted Nov 23rd 2009 6:49PM]

@(Unverified)

"Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry."

Your post is the spam post here; the first poster at least had something revelant to add to the entry.

[Emptyfield Posted Nov 23rd 2009 6:45PM]

Is that a flash I see? Makes the iPhone seem that much more appealing, even though it will no longer fit in a pocket.

Taking notes on what your costumers want, apple?

[Ned Scott Posted Nov 23rd 2009 6:50PM]

Regarding the "will we mod our unit" comment in the main post: The mod is obviously attached to an iPhone case and not the phone itself.

[Dafrety Posted Nov 23rd 2009 7:00PM]

Is there another mod you can preform to make it look less stupid?

[Wwhat Posted Nov 23rd 2009 8:48PM]

@Dafrety
This is one of those times it shows it's smart to overprice your product so that your image doesn't get smeared by a certain group of customers.
Perhaps apple did have a point all these years after all.

[Hoagy Posted Nov 23rd 2009 7:20PM]

Cisco has released an iPhone security app....
http://tele-management.ca/content/10018-november_security_roundup

[Wwhat Posted Nov 24th 2009 4:07AM]

You don't need a security app to set a password on the damn SSH.

[trek Posted Nov 23rd 2009 7:48PM]

If you're going to have a huge ghetto attachment like that on your iPhone, it's time to buy a REAL camera methinks...

[Wwhat Posted Nov 23rd 2009 8:42PM]

A jar lid? really? He must be taking the piss as the brits would say.

[kreg37 Posted Nov 24th 2009 2:00AM]

an iPhone with a removable battery!

[rj7855 Posted Nov 24th 2009 2:28AM]

It certainly makes the iPhone a bit less ugly

[metaesapuet Posted Nov 24th 2009 9:32AM]

For a second, I thought it was a Smoke Alarm and he is installing it on the (public?) bathroom.

[dkmix Posted Nov 24th 2009 3:00PM]

the lid acts as a beauty dish... nice!