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CarletonTorpin

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The Oppo Fine X3 has a dedicated macro lens, but there is a way to achieve a similar level of close-focus ability with any smartphone.
Just put a pinhole in front of the camera lens.

It seems too simple to be true, but it works.

Video How-To: DIY Smartphone Pinhole Camera

Here are some example photos, taken with the iPhone 6S Plus & a .35mm pinhole over the lens.

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Technically, photos taken this way are “equally-unsharp”, rather than “equally focused.”
 
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