iPhone Camera: Macro with Magnifying Glass

I read something recently (perhaps on TUAW, but I'm not sure) about how you could use the iPhone's camera with a magnifying glass to get reasonable-quality close-up images. This might be pretty obvious to shutterbugs, but I thought it was cool. I decided to try it out with my loupe and a book cover and see how it worked. I was impressed that you can clearly see the halftone screen rosettes.

This is a very rough and quick demo. Click the thumbnails for full size.

Without loupe, and with loupe:

aricher said:

Makes me want to try using a door peephole to make a fisheye of my iPhone. Gonna hit Home Depot on the way home.

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Post up here and let us know how it worked out.

Consultant said:

Neat. How close were you? 1" 2"?

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About an inch, maybe a little less.