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| Thread ID: 29615 | 2003-01-26 06:04:00 | Digital Camera Close-up Lens | Steve_L (763) | Press F1 |
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| 116651 | 2003-01-26 06:04:00 | If you have a digital camera that does not have a close-up (macro) feature, or if you just want to get even closer, try this tip: Go to the 2 Dollar shop and get a pair of reading glasses, with a rating of 2.00 to 3.00. If you feel like spluging, get three pair, of different magnifications. Using jeweler's screwdrivers (also at the $2 shop), remove the ear pieces, then simply hold one of the lens in front of the camera lens. Focus using the camera's screen. Using this method and the 2.00 lens, I am able to photograph an A4 paper with full text, font size 12, and can read it clearly on the computer screen. The 3.00 lens enables a clear A5 size photo. The camera is a 1.3 Megapixel, without a close-up feature. BTW, The Warehouse also has reading glasses, but they are several times more expensive than the $2 shop. Also - if you do more than one photo, such as a series of flowers or whatever, just use a couple of elastic bands to hold the reading specs to the camera. Of course it looks silly :^O and you may not want to tolerate the flak from the megabuck camera crowd, but it does the trick just fine. |
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| 116652 | 2003-01-26 07:09:00 | You can do the same using Close Up Attachments from 35mm photography if you have any, bigger and easier to handle but anything that opens up new options is always good and worth exploring. | Gordon. (2217) | ||
| 116653 | 2003-01-26 07:15:00 | Hello Gordon, Yep, that's right. I had a very nice set of 35mm film close up lenses..... or so I thought. What happened was that I sold my old digital camera, which had a macro feature. The replacement camera was much better (increased resolution) but cannot do close ups. So I thought, "No problem - I'll dust off the 35mm camera bag and get the close up lenses". But over the years they have disappeared. So that is why the $2 Shop came in handy. |
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| 116654 | 2003-01-27 06:15:00 | www.geocities.com | Stumped Badly (348) | ||
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