Iphone4 + Cheap Microscope = Potential Awesome!

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itrooper Valued Member United States 106 Posts	Posted 09/07/2010 09:37 am Going through my morning routine of checking sites I came across this link to build a cheap DIY iPhone microscope. I immediately thought that this would be awesome for coin collecting. About 1:10 into the video he starts using it to look at a 2007 LMC. http://crabfuartworks.blogspot.com/...ope-mod.html I went ahead and ordered the scope from Amazon. I have a spare case that I can just pop on whenever I want to use the scope. I can't wait to try this out. I will post results once it comes in. Report this Post to the Staff

SDcoinguy Pillar of the Community United States 2424 Posts	Posted 09/07/2010 10:46 am wow.. I wonder if it could work if you held it up to your camera? Report this Post to the Staff
itrooper Valued Member United States 106 Posts	Posted 09/07/2010 10:59 am I bet it would work with lot's of different cameras as long as it can auto-focus. What I am really interested in is using it to sort and look for errors. Pop the coin under the scope, look at it live on the phone or the iPad. I just hope it works well enough to be useful. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 09/07/2010 1:12 pm That is pretty darn cool. Report this Post to the Staff
dsummers New Member United States 10 Posts	Posted 09/07/2010 11:23 pm That is pretty cool. I have a 3gs iphone. The case is a little more rounded on that so I wonder if it could mount on that or just the 4g Report this Post to the Staff
itrooper Valued Member United States 106 Posts	Posted 09/18/2010 7:22 pm Ok, as promised here are some images from the scope after gluing it to the back of a cheap case. The toughest part of the whole process is getting the scope lined up with the lens of the camera and not getting glue on the lens. I recomend making some marks on the case that line up with the center of the lens and removing the phone before gluing the scope on the back. The images are as follows. 1. 2010 ASE Obverse Head 2. 2010 ASE Reverse (coin I suspect was cleaned) 3. John Adams Presidential dollar Edge (pretty beat up) 4. Women's Hockey Coin from Canada 5. Weird .10 Canadian Coin 6. The scope as mounted on the back of the case I am very happy with the results and with some practice I am going to find this very useful. Report this Post to the Staff
Stunet Valued Member United States 211 Posts	Posted 09/26/2010 2:04 pm Really fun stuff. Ordered mine today. Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 09/26/2010 3:07 pm I have to admit when I first saw the title I was thinking we had a spammer on the board That is pretty cool though Report this Post to the Staff
dlegg0387 Valued Member United States 58 Posts	Posted 11/15/2010 6:11 pm good stuff... I ordered mine today.... but keep my iphone in an enormous case... i'll figure something out though; looks like it can be fun to play around with Report this Post to the Staff
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