# The smartphone with a microscope camera - arriving at last

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/the-smartphone-with-a-microscope-camera-arriving-at-last/21197>\
**Category:** Nature Talk\
**Created:** [March 16, 2021, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/the-smartphone-with-a-microscope-camera-arriving-at-last/21197 "2021-03-16T11:41:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![fmiudo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/fmiudo/32/5584_2.png) [@fmiudo](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/fmiudo)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/the-smartphone-with-a-microscope-camera-arriving-at-last/21197/8 "2021-03-17T00:48:57Z")

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Man, I need to thank you. I didn’t know laser pointer lenses were that good. As soon as I read your post earlier in the day, I decided to try building a makeshift microscope phone myself (since I had a decent, yet broken, laser pointer in my drawer for years).

Here’s the result:

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/8/1/81408e9ba83d076eaf7c232b706bd08fd2d6747b.jpeg) Lens + cardbox with a carved slit for the flash + 2 hair rubber band things from my mom

I had lots of fun taking pics with it. Still need to figure out the stability and get used to light adjustments, but I’m getting some nice pics from this, here’s a plant-bug I found which will prob be a iNat first

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/f/9/f9f5d7ef5c77f725368b0acd9b2c3b857a844271.jpeg)

Thank you for the tip!

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