A recent article on diyphotography.net talks about the awesome idea of taking apart an old DVD burner, and using the lens to take macro photos with your cell phone's camera. I just couldn't resist trying this myself, but all I had was an old CD burner (not DVD). Nevertheless, the lens did the job well, and the photos I was able to take with the camera in my Motorola RAZR V3xx (1.3mp) turned out pretty great:
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Aug 30 2009
Take macro photos with your cell phone
Jun 29 2009
Star Photos at Machu Picchu
Early in the morning on our way to Machu Picchu, I was able to take a few stunning sky photos. This was done by simply putting the camera on the ground, and setting the exposure to 30 seconds. Here are the photos, followed by copies of the photos that I've annotated with constellation names and lines.
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