[Sasaki]

Griffin Clarifi is an iPhone 3G case with a close-up(macro) lens.
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Since the focus of iPhone camera is fixed, this is especially weak to take close-up macro photography.
Griffin Clarifi provides a solution with the built-in macro lens. The Clarifi itself is a sleek iPhone 3G case except the lens.

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The macro lens is movable with the slide attached so you can switch both distant view and close-up situation with your finger tip.

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This macro lens is very useful to take photos for dishes or papers on a desktop.
Here are samples. The left picture is taken without the macro lens, The right is with macro lens attached.
I made only brightness adjustment and reducing the size. Click picture to enlarge.

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This is fairly effective accessory for 3G iPhones.

 

[jude]

I'm considering switching to (or adding to a BlackBerry) an iPhone. This case looks like a must-have accessory for me if I do pick an iPhone up.

After more time with it, please let us know your longer-term impressions, Sasaki.

 

[Sasaki]

Sure, I also recommend you to install SteadyCam application if you get iPhone. Here is a link.

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/tec...ree-offer.html

SteadyCam use motion sensor to detect hand movement and it will engage shutter when hand movement has stabilized. This reduce camera shake blurring.

iPhone evolves with such nice applications