Camera Zoom on your iPhone

How I have longed for a zoom on my weak iphone camera . . . and now, a stronger camera AND a zoom on the iPhone. While the zoom is only digital, it will help me in my desire to use the iPhone as my sole camera for blogging photos while on my runs and when wanting to send mobile blog posts of things I need to bring a little closer into focus. In this respect, it will help me travel lighter.

I bought the iPhone app Camera Zoom a few weeks ago, right after I bought the new iPhone 3GS, and have been waiting for the app update so it would work with the iPhone 3.0 software. Well, v1.1 is finally here! It dropped on July 20th.

Here are the result at no zoom,

2x zoom,

Extreme close-up!

and 4x zoom, the highest level. As you can see, the digital zoom takes its toll on crispness, merely magnifying a photo that is starting with mediocre resolution. In looking at these photos, the first thing that strikes me is how nice the regular shot looks, with its new and improved 3mp camera. From this first test I envision the most utility for my purposes coming from around the 2x zoom range. At this point, the photo is still crisp enough for a blog post, and while definitely changing the focus of the shot. Looking forward to putting this app into practice.