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[idea] Creating MACRO LENS out of WATER droplets

Hey XDA'ians!
You may remember that our Sony Xperia Z1 is waterproof.
You may also remember from physics class that water has a very high surface tension.
Now my question is: has anyone tried putting the phone upside down on a (preferably glass or other see-through) table, added droplets of water to the lens and tried macro photography? Because water on the lens will create a macro lens!
(see the attached photograph below)
The thing is, if you can manage to shape the water 'lens' perfectly round, you got yourself a perfect macro lens.
I haven't been able to play with this for too long because I couldn't shape the water too well, and I'm too impatient to try over and over again. It's also pretty difficult to know what distance to hold an object at when you don't have a see-through table
If you've got time to spare, I wish you luck trying my idea :cyclops:
P.S. Any improbable water damage will be your own responsibility, obviously ^__^

Haha, I did mine with an DVD ? lense, it's working amazing.
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You can search on Google how to do it, it's very to do it, hehe, here are some examples...
It's hard to grab the lens and the phone together, that's why because there are some photos with not much quality, but it's nice, I love it.

Wow! Cool ideas! You put out the laser from DVD rom right?
I wanna try that! :good:

I use the lens found in laser pointers.
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You can use lens from bicolaur if you have one that you don't use.
It does pretty good job.
Tried this when I had satio, I will post picture and video later.
EDIT: Here is the video showing off, post picture later.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-DnpKkjHKs&list=UUkJCS-eNMogMeOgr3CRYsNw
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Me and my girlfriend managed to extract the lens from DVD RW ROM, because we didn't find the same in CD ROM and the results are awesome! :good:
This is great! I will share some photos later. We are now trying to make some holder for the lens to the phone. Thanks for the idea! :laugh:

Just a note:
I created this thread to discuss the idea of a 'water lens', not necessarily for discussing macro photography in general because I'm sure there are plenty of those already.

Wouldn't be simpler to just use one of this:
http://www.dx.com/p/universal-13mm-...al-cameras-and-cell-phones-14953#.U-JOuvl5Nyg

Hermantje said:
Just a note:
I created this thread to discuss the idea of a 'water lens', not necessarily for discussing macro photography in general because I'm sure there are plenty of those already.
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Thanks for creating this thread. Not a problem, we'll stick to the idea of "water lens"

Nice lens
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Misaligned Camera

Hi, the inside camera in my new S6 Edge+ from UAE (G928C) is misaligned Well it looks like it. I have attached a picture for your opinions. Is this a defect? So far after taking 3 or 4 pictures the quality is good as expected.
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Mine is the same way, you are good.

Looks centered to me from the picture u posted. Looking at it first hand u might see something different i guess
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crowlaw said:
Mine is the same way, you are good.
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can anyone else confirm this with theirs? thanks

Mine is the same. Probably isnt supposed to be that way. Minor cosmetic issue. No,way effects functionality.
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Yup. Same here.

Same here. Maybe its intentional? Either way my pics come out great so no worries....

we all have that. relax

The camera has hardware image stabilization in such the lens is supposed to be free moving. If you shake the phone you can hear it rattle. Start the camera app again and shake it, rattle is gone. This is due to a floating design that can move the lens to counter your movement so motion blur is reduced and is especially noticeable in lower light conditions when shutter speeds grow longer.

cpufrost said:
The camera has hardware image stabilization in such the lens is supposed to be free moving. If you shake the phone you can hear it rattle. Start the camera app again and shake it, rattle is gone. This is due to a floating design that can move the lens to counter your movement so motion blur is reduced and is especially noticeable in lower light conditions when shutter speeds grow longer.
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You are absolutely right. One can try shaking the camera in selfi posture and notice that camera hole alignment changes with phone positioning.

Dark spot on camera

I have had this phone for three months, and have taken care of the phone very carefully. Now this random dark spot appears on the none wide angle camera in photos and videos. I haven't done anything that I can think of that would cause this other than accepting this big update on my phone a week or so ago. Anyone know if it's defective, or something else like software? This is the Canadian Rogers LG G6 version. I love this phone and just got it no long ago... I have no idea what I should do, because it ruins certain videos or pictures now. Here's a video to show what I mean, https://youtu.be/31gP0E3hmwo

Weird - did you take an extended video of the sun? Also, I'm sure you already have cleaned the camera glass many times, but when you clean it, did you look closely for anything out of the ordinary, maybe trapped between the outer glass and the inner lens?

KingFatty said:
Weird - did you take an extended video of the sun? Also, I'm sure you already have cleaned the camera glass many times, but when you clean it, did you look closely for anything out of the ordinary, maybe trapped between the outer glass and the inner lens?
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No, I always avoid getting the sun into my camera for the fear burning the lens. Only thing I can think of my lens getting a lot of light is when taking extreme zoom in pictures of leaves that were in the sun one of those zoom in clip on lenses. Though the camera was facing down on leaves and not towards the sun.
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I will have to look at the lens again when cleaning, because I didn't notice anything before.

I just did another test while looking for dust on the lens with a soft flashlight and this spot turned into something else. So confused, because I don't see anything when I look at it. Here I recorded it https://youtu.be/ujwJEvfcQ44

I think there is something between the lens and the sensor. I would send it to repair.

I've the same problem few month ago, I just shake the phone because I thought it was a dust and the dark spot disappeared

Silver Wx said:
I've the same problem few month ago, I just shake the phone because I thought it was a dust and the dark spot disappeared
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Android Orange said:
I think there is something between the lens and the sensor. I would send it to repair.
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I'll trying shaking it before sending it to repair, hopefully shaking works, thanks for the ideas.

Camera Lens Flare

Anyone else getting this in photos where theres a bright light the side? Would be suggestive of poor anti glare coating on the lens.
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Example ..... The green circle on the shed doesn't exist and is the lens reflected in the photo. Another example showing the shed without the ring but with the flare.
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Lens Flare + Frodo Ring
Hi,
we have two problems as far as I can understand it.
1. Lens flare (on bright lights, causing the rays)
2. Frodo-Ring (the golden ring, caused by sunlight from the side about 90° angle)
I have extracted 3 pictures from the frodo ring from the oneplus forum over there.
I assume we are the same guys https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/problems-with-cam.1218969/

Also this strange effect from night light.
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Question is how much of this is "normal" how much are all cameras on the OP8pro affected by this ? Is it a faulty design ? Not all my photos have these effects,it's only in certain lighting conditions. If I RMA will the replacement be like this?
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Maybe Oneplus will do a statment soon? Maybe it can be fixed with an update?
My device is going back, really loved it. But this is not good.... Not at that price tag, sorry

Since finding the threads about lens flaring I'm now spotting it all the time on my 8 Pro main camera
The ultrawide doesn't seem to be affected anywhere near as, bad but even watching TV it's still visible.
Really want to like this phone but OnePlus haven't made it easy!

I've had none of this, wipe your camera lens lol it's not as bad as some others.
This happens if it's smeared with grease etc.

dladz said:
I've had none of this, wipe your camera lens lol it's not as bad as some others.
This happens if it's smeared with grease etc.
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If you test for it,you'll find it. You can see it here at 50sec and at 2.20. https://youtu.be/V40l25LUoEc
I've cleaned and cleaned the lens and it's not resolved.
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Batfink33 said:
If you test for it,you'll find it. You can see it here at 50sec and at 2.20.
I've cleaned and cleaned the lens and it's not resolved.
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Ok then it's your lens mate, I do not have this like I said. Not at all.
I've had devices like the HTC 10 which is the mother of all devices to have glare and flares. I don't see that on the device. Even the P20 pro had it, it's one of my major gripes with phone cameras, it's completely not noticeable to be on the Pro

Flare
Guys did anyone find a fix? Do all OnePlus have these?
It's so bad unable to take may night shots with street lamps and no day light shots in sun
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Any solution for this? It's so bad near street lights and in the sun

Ultra Wide Camera circle when sunlight is coming from top left or top right direction

Hi, sometimes in some angles this circle is appearing in the photos i take with ultra wide angle lens. Is this normal or is my lens broken? Thanks!
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It's possible you have something on the lens. Maybe condensation.
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gernerttl said:
It's possible you have something on the lens. Maybe condensation.
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I cleaned the lens, same issue...

Is it in the same spot in every picture? If so, it is possible that something is in the phone. The lens has a glass cover over it to protect it. It may be on the lens itself. If that is the case, you won't be able to clean it off.
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gernerttl said:
Is it in the same spot in every picture? If so, it is possible that something is in the phone. The lens has a glass cover over it to protect it. It may be on the lens itself. If that is the case, you won't be able to clean it off.
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No it is not always at the same place of photo. Depends on the angle of the sun. But generally that circle is appearing when the sun is at top left, right. In addition, if i put my hand on top of the phone circle disappears. So it happens when sunlight comes from a specific angle.

Have you tried turning off the Starburst feature in the scene optimizer settings of the camera and see if that helps?

svmszcck said:
No it is not always at the same place of photo. Depends on the angle of the sun. But generally that circle is appearing when the sun is at top left, right. In addition, if i put my hand on top of the phone circle disappears. So it happens when sunlight comes from a specific angle.
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It's not the camera. It is called refraction. It is what happens when the light is reflected off of the sensor on to the lens then reflected back to the sensor. Especially, when you're taking a picture in bright sunlight with the sun in the frame at an angle.
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