Close look at mobile phone camera optics

Let's take those apart and see whats inside!
Main camera module from P8000 by Elephone and old Noka N95 - torn to shreds under microscope.

[@fenech97]

The coil and the magnets around the lens is to adjust the focal length.

[@jec_ecart]

Best teardown video on KZbin. You got a sub!

[@adebolarotimi-silva2049]

Very detailed and expository; many thanks for this great stuff ...

[@Digibellpk]

Nice to see camera inner parts. Thanks

[@fenech97]

The black thin round things are the spacers to keep the lenses just the right distance apart.

[@SincereFirstAiotVision]

SincereFirst camera modules

[@moonsarkar2343]

Very helpful..is it possible to replace any original phone camera sensor to duplicate one?? (Reply please)

[@AKG58Z]

I still have Nokia N95 maybe I have 3 if them because I loved it.

[@MerohDIY]

A very beautiful and interesting video 🙂

[@jec_ecart]

Excellent

[@abdirahiinmohamed7229]

Thanks bro

[@DCareyoke]

what is the name of that little round glass? lens or optics?

[@jec_ecart]

Oh yes. Flagship nokias had a shutter. I had an n73

[@riajhasib8810]

hey, the laser pointer you are using also have the lens that can be used for macro photography with the smartphone .That lens is also threaded so you don't have to destroy the laser,you can reuse it.Usually i use that lens for " bad soldering joint" checking purpose.

[@randomtronic]

+riaj hasib cool, i will remember that!

[@koushikkashyap439]

The coils might be the image stabilization system (OIS)

[@sdqsdq6274]

how does one make this camera work on its on without the phone ?

[@molozakos4084]

incredible video my frend Μπράβο. ι am wandering for distance focus on the seek thermal (2015) can i take more distance..? somehow with this Lenses??

[@MikeAustin2012]

The lens kit at aprox. 12 minutes, that switch you show, Open / Close. That is an actual "Ca,era Shutter!" The name "Copal" is a very old company that was making shutters for the old, "View Cameras" Where, 2 glass elements toward the image Then the shutter and then 2 more glass lens elements toward the film (Sensor in this case) Google the words, Copal shutter sizes. I would have NEVER guessed that these cameras use a shutter, let alone one of the leading manufacturers on the planet! Sorry, I think that is awesome! Cheers

[@randomtronic]

+m AUSTIN great info! I would have never found this out if you didn't point it out. Many thanks!

[@sirpfa]

m AUSTIN hi dear, thank you for sharing useful info, can i ask what are you specialised in?

[@johnnyaingel5753]

WOW amazing story thank you so much for sharing that i learn something new everyday GOD BLESS

[@nguresearch]

Thank you. That is great information! 👍

[@arturosanchezgodinez1625]

great video bro!

[@RavindraSDhande]

excellemt operation

[@randomtronic]

Thanks!

[@gkcreations9454]

Nice video sir. Thnks fr the information

[@randomtronic]

Thank you for your comment, glad you found it interesting!

[@CUEDBLUECHALK]

those were fisheye lenses no?

[@johnnyaingel5753]

You should take a look at the S6 samsung camera it is a sony camera i believe it is an AMAZING phone camera

[@user-zk6xz]

Hi I am watching this in 2020 Could you please tell how can I use my old cameras from mobile

[@user-ug9nn]

- I think the lens assembly should not be teardown, but use as entire unit - I also think lens might be in pairs, one to correct the distortion of the other one, if they have a spherical shapes the DVD lens does not need to correct spherical aberration as it does not have to reproduce an image, just to read pixels. so this they are used alone. - because lens are so small (so focal points,... are very small), they are difficult to position one in relation to another in home use setting, so is difficult to work with them. note that focal length is multiplied by image sensor crop size, so to get same focal length for small sensor, the lens gets closer to the sensor and positioning is more critical as we talk at lower length... for home settings and adjustment better is to use lens from photo cameras from flea market...

[@nagamanihegde9609]

Video 10.28 It is possible to tell about connection of the pins..??? Plz

[@randomtronic]

Nagamani Hegde you would have to google the part number to find datasheet. I don't have this anymore, so no, sorry. But if you need the pinout, you must have the part. Just look for any markings and try your luck.

[@gartmorn]

Is there any way these cameras can be repurposed to use in other projects as almost everyone has access to old phones with cameras?

[@randomtronic]

In theory, yes, but it's not simple, likely not worth the effort when you can get a ready camera module for RasPi for cheap, and it has all the drivers and libraries needed available and ready to use. If repurposing random cam module you would have to write that yourself :) (that's if you find the datasheet for the module you have)

[@gartmorn]

Thought as much but worth asking. We're such a throw away society which annoys me and I like to reuse/hack if possible!

[@randomtronic]

@@gartmorn agree. Unfortunately it's not always possible :(

[@romanhanajik3185]

@@gartmorn You must find CSI protokol for You camera Real price of originál old mobile phone camera is 2 times cheaper than RasPi camera (20 or 45€/$) with better quality. I like to also take a second breath for old cameras. Produce new one is not ecological. For one person make solution from old camera is expensibe, Yes, but cooperation will help us.

[@thetruthofnature1242]

Hi bro am great with your work but what type of camera are u using

[@randomtronic]

It's a Sony HDR CX-450

[@elizabethyantgung7466]

I did foolish like u did 3:25 now my iphone x camera went wrong like kind of dark spot center of the camera lens .😭😭

[@nathangreens7631]

The four lenses thing could be the correction to the inversion cuz looking thru a single convex or concave lens would flip the image

[@TeslabladePlaysMC]

Nathan Greens that is handled by the camera's sensor. Its just placed upside down.

[@pathuedr383]

Nathan Greens

[@RoySATX]

They are more about focusing and correcting lens aberrations, getting the image/colors to line up accurately horizontally/vertically at the focal point. Without them the image would be blurry and the shape of a 1950s television screen with different wavelengths of light offset from one another. There's a shitte-load of physics going on in lenses and multi-lens assemblies. Our eyes are masters of these physics, at least when we are young, our minds then take a good deal of artistic liberty interpreting this information before passing it on to our conscious.

[@aaas1357]

Hay dude can u make a spy camera

[@badhonebrahim7707]

can u put camera from one phone to another????

[@randomtronic]

Yes, that's what repair shops do. But you can't change camera to a different model, because each model has different setup and driving software to go with it.

[@badhonebrahim7707]

i want to put a sharper camera in a cheap junky basic android phone... is it possible???

[@randomtronic]

In theory, yes, if you re-write the firmware for the phone too :) In practice and in short: no, sorry.

[@badhonebrahim7707]

u made me cry :'( i have a Samsung SGH-F480 camera saved up, and it has an awesome camera, i smashed the phone, but the camera is intact completely, i want to use it somehow.

[@DCareyoke]

what the optics made of?

[@anoopraha7166]

Plastic

[@patrickrhealy6431]

Holy fuCk fuckn I bet it some kind of occultic sigil .

[@MrAugban]

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[@anoopraha7166]

Those lenses in new mobiles are made up of plastic crap. Thats why they have crappy image quality.