My review of a Microscope app for Android for scratches.

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Reflectiveauto

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Well its late....2am Pacific Time and Im bored and watching videos on detailing as usual.

I come across a video where a detailer is using a microscope hooked up to his laptop to see scratches so he can really see what he is working with. I then decided to check my PlayStore (Google App Store) on my HTC Vivid which has a 8M camera and takes 1080p pics and video.

I can see this as a valuable tool to see scratches that could be normally hard to see maybe to weird lighting that might be missed normally.

The app that I downloaded from the PlayStore for free for my Android is:

Cozy Magnifier

Its very easy to use and it has plenty of options like, zoom, flash, pic taking and some nice filters like the negative filter to make out a scratch much easier as shown in the picture that I used that was taken on my coffee table.

Just by playing with it I can see this as a nice tool if the funds are not around to buy a microscope for your smartphone or laptop.

I will be using this app during my detail jobs and really testing it out but so far it looks very promising for a free app.
 

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For macro shots I just take one of my lenses from a laser and put it up to my phone. Works so good you can zoom in on a single eyeball of a spider.
 
I heard that you can even take a laser lens from a DVD player and tape if over your camera phone lens and can get amazing close up shots. I have broken dvd player that I will try that out.
 
When I have some time later I'll do a write up and show you how to turn your phone into a microscope to look at scratches on your paint. If you don't have a lens I know some sites that sell them for cheap. I here is what I can see with it
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