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Old 07-02-2009, 08:16 PM
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Does anyone know a good camera app which will allow you to zoom? I looked at "Camera Zoom" and it does not have great reviews and it seems to not be working with 3.0. Any ideas? Thanks
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Old 07-03-2009, 03:14 AM
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best ting to do is WAIT it will come out soon with the new OS ive been waiting too lol..let me know if you find anything
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Old 07-03-2009, 10:44 AM
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You could try the case with the built in zoom lens, or go here and buy their add on iPhone lens. I know adding a lens to an iPhone sounds ridiculous, but I got it, and for $20 it's pretty amazing. Double lens with wide angle and macro.
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Old 07-05-2009, 01:13 AM
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Using a zooming app will reduce your photo resolution - You could utilize a cropping app...
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Old 07-21-2009, 06:17 PM
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A digital "zoom" is nothing more than an in-camera crop. You have more options (framing the shot, sharpening, etc.) if you take a normal picture, then crop it afterward. In fact, sometimes the digital zoom will produce a file that's just as big dimensions-wise as a normal shot, and correspondingly larger file size, which is a waste of storage space!
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Old 07-22-2009, 04:17 AM
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Yeah, all digital zooms do is essentially stretch the image and make it worse quality. You're not gaining anymore information by doing it, just increasing what's available. Unfortunately I don't have any recommendations for ya, as I don't really care for 'em. But good luck! Hope you find one you like.
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Old 07-22-2009, 11:22 AM
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Ok, so for $.99 it was worth the experiment of a program claiming to do digital zoom. I got CameraZoom, and these are the results. Maybe not the greatest subject for the experiment, but what the heck. It was 3' away and I didn't have to move to try it.
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Great experiment ) I'll try too
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Old 07-23-2009, 03:38 PM
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I tried the extremeusb.com site and it keeps going to icron.com and has only USB products the added lens sounds cool so would love to get the right site.
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Old 07-23-2009, 03:43 PM
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I think I used the wrong link originally. Try this one.
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