9/15/18

Easy Mobile Phone Camera Zoom - Add Binoculars to Extend your Distance

Can't pull in that far away object without getting weird pixelation on your mobile phone?  Here's an easy hack that can help out.

Bring along a pair or binoculars (or monocular) and align one lens to your mobile phone lens.  It can be tricky, but once you get the right alignment, you now have a 2-4x zoom without the extra pixelation.

You get a vignette around the image unless you crop that out in post.  A Lens Baby effect that also be achieved. 

I've found it best to not zoom the camera phone - keep it at normal, then align with the binocular.  If the binocular is on a tripod of a stable surface, it's easier than trying to hold both.

Here's some samples..




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