Fig. 10. Limited editing and photographic aids are available in menus with Camera.
Fig. 12. Separate focus and exposure boxes aid smartphone imaging in Camera.
The iPhone’s flash can be used as a continuous fill
light to improve photo quality for macro shots. Up to 6 zoom with advanced digital processing is also available in the Camera app. Multiple im- ages can be “stitched” together with software such as Panorama’s AutoStitche (Figs. 13–15).
4. Other Uses for the Smartphone and Ocular Photography
The camera of the smartphone is also capable of photographing cornea, lens, and lid problems in horses and can be used to photograph microscope specimens (Figs. 16 and 17).
5. Tips for Smartphone Photography of the Horse Eye
1. Use your camera’s flash as a light. It is important to get as much light as you possi- bly can on the tissue to be imaged but NOT too much as bright light really hurts.
2. Clean your lens. It may seem silly, but give your lens a wipe down before you start snap- ping photos with your phone. While most people are pretty good about keeping their
Fig. 11. Sliding the rheostat on the right allows altering the illumination light intensity in Camera.
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Fig. 13. Several software programs are available to automati- cally combine or “stitch” several images into a larger panoramic image.
