tuaw.com - 8/27/2008
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Like most phone cameras, the iPhone's lens is focused for the most general possible use, i.e. nearly at infinity. TUAW reader Daniel Forsythe modded his iPhone to focus a bit closer up so he could use it to read bar codes that he shoots from magazines and equipment labels. The mod involves breaking the glue that holds in the camera module and rotating the lens to bring the focus closer to the ...
tuaw.com - 8/23/2008
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tuaw.com —
There's a couple of three new iPhone ads
showing tonight, "Lonely Planet," "Cro Mag" and "Vicinity." All
are available on Apple's ads page now (that is, if your Friday night needs a shot of pure excitement). The ads focus on the App Store and the ...
(more)
New iPhone ads now showing - The Unofficial Apple Weblog ...
tuaw.com - 8/21/2008
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tuaw.com —
Tonight, Apple released a new "Get a Mac"
ad. " Off the Air " shows PC, Mac
, and a Mac Genius. Mac tries to win people over on the fact that the Geniuses will transfer your files from your old PC to your new Mac. A mad PC then announces that his ...
(more)
New get a Mac ad: Off the Air - The Unofficial Apple ...
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iPhone 3G Modded with Macro [Mods]
Gizmodo —
... a foot or so (like a butterfly, or unpopped pimple). And to address this dilemma, one modder softened the glue holding in his iPhone's camera and rotated the lens to macrofy the fovus. He was able to take several shots within 5 inches, but the most impressive is this picture taken just .25 inches away from its subject. For a phone especially, that's some impressive macro. If only it didn't require such delicate surgery to implement—ahem—Apple—ahem. [flickr via TUAW]
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Hack Turns iPhone into Macro Camera
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... it to a close-focussing macro lens. As Daniel points out, this makes the camera much more useful for shots of barcodes or other note-taking.
Some iPhone disassembly is required, and Daniel has full instructions on his site. The whole thing is reversible, though, so if you're happy about voiding your waranty, things shouldn't go too badly wrong.
Want to close-focus your iPhone 3G? [Eastrain]
iPhone Focusing Mod [Flickr via TUAW]
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Usuário modifica lente do iPhone para conseguir tirar fotos macro
MacMagazine —
... teve que descolar o módulo da câmera do iPhone e rotacionar a lente manualmente para aproximar o seu foco. Assim, conseguiu tirar fotos de códigos de barras, por exemplo, e de outro objetos bem próximos. Há um set do Flickr com algumas imagens de exemplo.
Um guia completo para quem estiver interessado no mod está sendo preparado pelo Daniel. O destaque fica para a foto acima, tirada a apenas 6,35 milímetros do objeto. Para um iPhone, é incrível!
[Dica do Renê Fraga, valeu!] ...
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