# "Jugaad" Camera for Close up shots
**URL:** https://metastudio.org/t/jugaad-camera-for-close-up-shots/3832
**Category:** Design Chat
**Tags:** challenge
**Created:** [May 19, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/jugaad-camera-for-close-up-shots/3832 "2020-05-19T15:51:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@singh](https://metastudio.org/u/singh)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/jugaad-camera-for-close-up-shots/3832/1 "2020-05-19T15:51:21Z")
With a newfound interest in entomology and photography thanks to the lockdown, I was rather disappointed at not being able to get up close and personal with some subjects.
I searched the obvious and the most abundant source of information – Internet. I found that a mobile camera can be modified/enhanced to take close picture. Obviously I didn’t expect miracles but what I achieved left me **amazed!**
So, I thought of sharing it with all the **COOOL people.**
**Important Instruction:**
**[center]“DON’T TRY IT WITHOUT ADULT SUPERVISION AND PERMISSION”[/center]**
**Apparatus:** An out of use (in my case working) DVD/CD player, a Philips screwdriver, a pair of tweezers and bobby pins.
Other equipment 👆
**Procedure:**
1. Rather simple, open the DVD/CD player, locate the lens (that’s what we are after) which is generally attached to a mechanism. It’s fairly simple to extract.
This is the spot where you will find the lens 👆
**This is the lens.**
1. Now carefully place the lens between the two arms of a bobby pin.
2. Place it carefully just above the camera of the phone (in my case an old iPhone 5s selected so because of the rather plain surface for ease of placement of the lens. _I don’t endorse the brand in any way, you can use any mobile of your choice_. You may have to modify things a bit to place the lens on some phones.)
3. **The modified camera is ready.**
**How to use:**
1. It’s simple, place the camera very close to the object.
2. Ensure proper lighting.
3. Move back and forward till the desired object is in focus. **The auto focus of the camera will not work.**
_My apologies for not taking a better video. Please also excuse the annoying reflection of the tube light on the screen._
1. Click the picture. That’s it!
**Important notes:**
1. Be careful, as always, while handling tools.
2. Make sure the DVD player is not connected to the power supply before opening it. ☠
[center] **“DON’T TRY IT WITHOUT ADULT SUPERVISION AND PERMISSION”** [/center]
**Some sample shots**
A ball point pen tip
Peacock feathers
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### Author:  [@singh](https://metastudio.org/u/singh)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/jugaad-camera-for-close-up-shots/3832/2 "2020-05-19T16:02:32Z")
Some more random shots:
Hind part of an insect (It was a dead insect. Be careful while handling insects. Even a dead wasp can sting!)
Same insect’s leg
Screen of a mobile phone
Blade type screwdriver
Human finger
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### Author:  [@drishtantmkawale](https://metastudio.org/u/drishtantmkawale)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/jugaad-camera-for-close-up-shots/3832/3 "2020-05-19T20:41:18Z")
This is just wow!
Never thought that I will be seeing such a use of a DVD Player!
This is how we make the best use of our home-labs!
Easy, accessible, made at home and does wonders!
Especially, such _ **jugaads** _ or _ **home-made methods** _ are useful for us **CUBists** for taking the pictures of our Model-organisms!
Great! 💯
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### Author:  [@singh](https://metastudio.org/u/singh)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/jugaad-camera-for-close-up-shots/3832/4 "2020-05-20T01:24:42Z")
> [@drishtantmkawale](#):
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> Especially, such _ **jugaads** _ or _ **home-made methods** _ are useful for us **CUBists** for taking the pictures of our Model-organisms!
Thanks for the motivation.
> [@drishtantmkawale](#):
>
> jugaads
That must be in the title as well.
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### Author:  [@singh](https://metastudio.org/u/singh)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/jugaad-camera-for-close-up-shots/3832/5 "2020-05-22T15:15:47Z")
Some more shots
Wasp Head:
Wasp Sting
Video of Wasp Head (it was a tricky shot!)
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### Author:  [@Siddharth7950](https://metastudio.org/u/Siddharth7950)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/jugaad-camera-for-close-up-shots/3832/6 "2021-10-06T03:44:04Z")
That’s fabulous!!
I loved to see such a use of a DVD player
These shots are amazing! 👏
I like to see the experiments in which things are explained very well 👌 like this one…
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### Author:  [@NAVTEJ7939](https://metastudio.org/u/NAVTEJ7939)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2021, 9:04am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/jugaad-camera-for-close-up-shots/3832/7 "2021-10-07T09:04:34Z")
it’s So Amazing . It’s Like watching a whole new world around us
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### Author:  [@singh](https://metastudio.org/u/singh)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2021, 9:26am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/jugaad-camera-for-close-up-shots/3832/8 "2021-10-07T09:26:30Z")
@Siddharth7950 @NAVTEJ7939 you can give it a try and make a close up camera of your own. There are other posts related to it also. Hope you can better the design with your innovation.
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### Author:  [@NAVTEJ7939](https://metastudio.org/u/NAVTEJ7939)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2021, 11:06am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/jugaad-camera-for-close-up-shots/3832/9 "2021-10-07T11:06:30Z")
Sure , i will try . i have Some Lenses Maybe These Can Help
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### Author:  [@Siddharth7950](https://metastudio.org/u/Siddharth7950)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2021, 3:00am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/jugaad-camera-for-close-up-shots/3832/10 "2021-10-08T03:00:35Z")
Sure, sir…I will try.
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### Author:  [@Abhinav7996](https://metastudio.org/u/Abhinav7996)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2021, 4:07am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/jugaad-camera-for-close-up-shots/3832/11 "2021-10-08T04:07:55Z")
I’ll also give it a try!
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### Author:  [@Siddharth7950](https://metastudio.org/u/Siddharth7950)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/jugaad-camera-for-close-up-shots/3832/12 "2021-10-09T13:15:57Z")
Hello, everyone!!
I also tried this and explored the world which I had never seen before…
I want to share my experiences with you too!
I personally like the Spider & the Housefly pics…
I think that’s because I faced most of the difficulties in these because they were just moving all the time!
Algae and the Ant ones are also nice…
So, take a look at these pictures!
Net Cloth Fabric
Net Cloth Fabric
Steel Scrubber
Cemented Surface
An ant trapped In a spider web!
Skeleton of a leaf (Occured naturally)
Skeleton of a leaf
Two ants fighting for food
An anthill sediments
Spider
Spider [You can see all its 8 legs]
Spider [Its claws and body structure is clearly visible]
Spider
Rusted surface
Guduchi (Giloy) leaf
Guduchi leaf
Algae!
Dried leaf
Housefly [my favorite capture!]
Closeup of a flower
Leaf of a tree
Blue Iris Flower
Blue Iris
Blue Iris
Blue Iris
Wood
Leaf
Edge of a leaf
Backside of a leaf
Earbud Dust
Fingerboard Wheel
Dampness on a wall surface
Chalk Powder
Paint brush
Paint brush
Peacock feather’s green part
Three ants on a sugar crystal
An ant’s closeup
An ant
Peacock feather
Peacock Feather
Peacock Feather
Soil Sample
Algae Closeup
So these are the pictures I took using the lens…by the way the lens were from this old toy watch!
I hope you liked these pictures..
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### Author:  [@singh](https://metastudio.org/u/singh)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/jugaad-camera-for-close-up-shots/3832/13 "2021-10-09T14:17:10Z")
Exceptional clicks @Siddharth7950
Kindly also describe how you modified the camera and few details of the process.
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### Author:  [@Ankit](https://metastudio.org/u/Ankit)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/jugaad-camera-for-close-up-shots/3832/14 "2021-10-11T06:07:10Z")
_ **Hello Everyone,** _
I too tried this _Jugaad_ and got amazing results!!
Here are some of the shots I took 👇🏻 👇🏻
_A human finger._
_Peacock’s feather._
_Nib of a Whitener._
_Budgie’s hair._
_Bedsheet._
_Green coloured page._
_A leaf._
_Nib of a Gel Pen._
_Piece of a cloth._
_ **THANK YOU!!** _
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### Author:  [@SINGHATAMBIR](https://metastudio.org/u/SINGHATAMBIR)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/jugaad-camera-for-close-up-shots/3832/15 "2021-10-11T09:23:47Z")
I have done one amazing activity. In which I can see the that I have never seen. For that we need one lens you can get that from an old DVD or CD player .you have to fit lens in your mobile camera and done. Here are some pictures
Peacock feather
Towel threads [IMG\_20211011\_141318|375x500](https://metastudio.org/uploads/short-url/i1COByYNB6gDdjohcxE3LZtZTTE.jpeg)
Cemented wall
Hair
Ashes
Guagain leaf
Ant 
Salt crystals
Threads of lower
I hope you like it these pictures.
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### Author:  [@RyanAggawal8020SSK](https://metastudio.org/u/RyanAggawal8020SSK)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2021, 6:33am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/jugaad-camera-for-close-up-shots/3832/16 "2021-10-13T06:33:47Z")
I seen somethings in this activity which I have never seen before. I have used a magnifying glass for putting in front of my mobiles camera.
Some Pictures
Cushion Cover
Carboard
Piece of Foam