Uploaded February 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Fixed-focus lenses are unable to produce sharp close-ups.
Fixed focus cameras do not sharply display subjects nearer than about 1.5m.
That's a big problem, because often people in front of the camera look blurry and out of focus. Maybe you want to film yourself while holding the camera in your hand and the background is sharp, but you're out of focus.
Now here is a really nice and cheap solution I've found on the internet.
It seems your camera need reading glasses!
This hack will work on nearly all fixed focus cameras.
Fixed-focus lenses are unable to produce sharp close-ups.
Fixed focus cameras do not sharply display subjects nearer than about 1.5m.
That's a big problem, because often people in front of the camera look blurry and out of focus. Maybe you want to film yourself while holding the camera in your hand and the background is sharp, but you're out of focus.
Now here is a really nice and cheap solution I've found on the internet.
It seems your camera need reading glasses!
This hack will work on nearly all fixed focus cameras.
