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Today, I stopped at one of those stores that sells Amazon returns. On Fridays they replenish the store and everything is $8.00, but today, they had everything for $6.00. I found a cool little case that I opened up and it had an attachment for a cell phone camera. I bought it to give it a shot and it works out very well. This first picture is a standard shot at 1x, without the attachment. This next picture is zoomed all of the way in, without the attachment. This picture is with the macro attachment on the camera at 1x. This gives me the same results of the camera when zoomed all the way in without the attachment on. The top picture and the below picture are almost exact. This last picture is zoomed all of the way in with the macro attachment on. I really like the results of this and it should work very well when taking close-up shots.

Thought I'd share this here. I just purchased a nifty device for aiding photography through the microscope with a cell phone. I shoot photos through the scope all the time, and if you have ever done this, you know that it takes surgeon's hands to find the eyepiece, center the photo, and get a crisp image. This device clamps to the eye-piece and works on monocular and binocular scopes. It adjusts for the placement of any cell phone. A bit pricey at $189 (available online at Scientific Device Laboratory), but I had to have it and already love it. Here's a pic without the phone.

Hello all! It's rather hard for me right now to take good photos of fossils, especially when it comes to close-ups or specific small details. That is, because I have an old iPhone 5... I'm not really willing to get a new phone anytime soon, therefore I am looking for a lens or small microscope I can attach to my phone in order to make detailed photos of small fossils. I've made a bit of research, but it didn't prove itself to be very useful. That's why I am asking your help: what do you think is the best lens/microscope I could buy (for a cheap price, no more than 20 euros/dollars)? Or, what do you use to make your photos? Thanks already, Max