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Smartphone Camera

Accessories and More

Amazingly, All of These are Very Inexpensive or FREE

By Jeff Hensel

Summerset Computer Club

www.SSCCB.Wordpress.com

This is about things and a little about software. Things are items you add to your smartphone in the area of the camera.

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Some of These Might Be New To You

While Others Might Not

Lens Kit

Selfie Stick

Tripod

Remote Shutter Button

Surface Mount

Photo Effects

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Selfie Stick

A Bit “hokey” but this

really works

They can extend longer

too

About $15

I’ve used the selfie stick and it looks funny while taking the picture. Heck, holding the phone in an out-stretched hand and taking a picture looks odd too. Wait, how does one push the button to take the picture while the arm is stretched out? My Samsung phone has voice-control with the camera. I say “shoot” and the camera takes a picture.

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Selfie Stick Instructions

Use the Rear Facing Camera.

The one pointed back at you.

This allows you to see yourself in the picture

Set up the zoom ahead of time

Use the shutter timer or a remote

shutter button

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A “selfie”

The selfie stick is in my left hand. The remote shutter button is in my right hand. All out of the way of the picture. Of course, having a crowd in the picture would be much more fun!

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Remote Shutter Button

About $5

You can get these included with some Selfie Stick purchases

Here’s how. A little device with two buttons. Each button does the exact same thing – one for an iPhone and the other for an Android. The technology is just different enough to required a unique button. The device connects to the phone via Bluetooth.

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Tripods and Stands

Varying Sizes and Types

There used to be tripods and that’s it. Now…the sky is the limit. Suction stands. Small tripods for the desktop. Tripods with legs that bend in all directions.

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Lens Kit

Clip these to your smartphone. Yes, Really

$10 - $15

It Doesn’t Matter the Brand of Phone

Wide Angle, Fish Eye, Macro or Closeup

Single Lens Reflect (SLR and now Digital DSLR) cameras had detachable lenses. Now we can get small, clip on, lens kits. Beware, the quality is not very good but they work.

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Fish Eye

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Macro or Closeup

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Regular

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Wide Angle

Wide angle expands the view on both sides as well as top and bottom. The field of view is simply broader on all fronts.

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Effects Built In To Smartphone

Filters

Modes

Grid Lines

Stop Motion

These are not commonly utilized. Some are cool while others … not so much.

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Filters

Android and iPhone

have built-in filters

Black and White

Vintage

Fish Eye

http://www.imore.com/how-to-preview-camera-filters-real-time-iphone Here is a pretty good article on the available filters and how to use them. See examples of the same photo but using a filter.

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Vintage

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Vignette

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Cartoon

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Oil Pastel

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Modes

Panorama

Burst

Sports

Drama

Best photo

iPhone Camera Features every photographer should know about. This is an excellent articled and I learned a lot even though I do not use an iPhone. http://iphonephotographyschool.com/iphone-camera/ Modes are more than filters. The mode can do more than just add a visual effectd to the photo.

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Panorama

Panorama is accomplished but turning the feature and then letting the camera take a picture as you move the view from left to right. Move slowly as the camera will continue to snap a picture until you wish to stop. The software then “stiches” the photos together to make a single panoramic view. Spectacular isn’t it?

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Stop Action

Stop action or stop action has the camera taking very quick pictures one right after the other. There isn’t any blurring as the picture is taken an extremely fast rate.

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Other Unique Options

Security Camera

Presence by People Power

Available for iPhone or Android

Additional Camera Apps

Magnifyer

Scanner/Fax

Fat Face

Mirror or Reflection

Remember Where You Parked photo

Presence by People Power app to turn your smartphone into a Security Camera. http://presencepro.com/ iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/presence-smart-home-security/id618598211?mt=8 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.peoplepowerco.presencepro The Web on your computer: https://app.presencepro.com/ Camera Apps. What else can an camera app do? Twin Camera to "clone" yourself. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vn.esse.twin.clone.camera Security camera. Presence or Spy Camera HD. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.usefullapps.spycamera Photo Booth Apps to make dramatic alterations to the photo. Special Effects. Filters. Camera 360 Ultimate. Turn photos into a movie instantly. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vStudio.Android.Camera360 Cartoon Camera. Turn a photo into a cartoon drawing of the same. Camera Zoom FREE. Extreme zoom capability. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.IdanS.camerazoomfree Ugly Camera. Affectionately alter the photos. Odd shaped faces, etc. Not too funny for my but my grand kids love it. Go figure. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kaname.surya.android.strangecamera

Multi-lens Camera. Put multiple pictures so a page. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tinypiece.android.mlc Photo Water Reflection. Does what the title implies, adds a water scene with a reflection of your photo. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.km.water.photoreflection iPhone Camera Apps. Camera Awesome. Enhance your shots. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/camera-awesome/id420744028?mt=8 Split Pic Collage Maker. Put multiple photos to a page including merge photos together. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/split-pic-collage-maker-photo/id570748340?mt=8 In App Purchases. Pencil Sketch. Turn a portrait or any photo into a pencil drawing. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pencil-sketch-my-pic-portrait/id544633873?mt=8 Text Camera. Add real-time text and filters to your photos. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/text-camera/id607994468?mt=8 Magnifyer. Turns your smartphone into a magnifying glass. Read menus, very small print, etc. http://alibalisoftware.com/magnifyer/ CamScanner. Takes a photo and converts it to a PDF document for archiving or emailing. Photo copy a document by taking a picture of it and letting CamScanner crop to the edges of the paper and save to a PDF. Then share to email or cloud storage. https://www.camscanner.com/

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Unique Camera Apps

Mirror of Reflection Effect

Fat Face

One good and one bad here. I love the reflection or mirror effect. It works great for outdoor shots as wells as people. Fat face is much like the carnival mirrors of old. It makes us look very fat or very slim.

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More Questions?

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