How do I take pictures of small objects, macro photos on my Galaxy S5?

[Aafsut]

how to take pictures of small objects, macro photos in galaxy s5

Hi,
I want to capture small objects like small flowers, bees, insects and pests but cant get the Samsung Galaxy S5 to focus on anything close. My S3 had a button for Macro Photography. I don't see this option and when I tap to focus, it tries but it acts like it's too close and fails. It looks like it will focus on the close object for like a second, then it zooms back out.
I have tried to turn off auto focus and stabilization but the result is same.
What should i do now to fix it?
Or maybe any third party app can do it?

 

[belodion]

Welcome to Android Central.

You can focus closer by holding a magnifying lens in front of the phone's camera lens. Because the camera lens has a wide angle of view the magnifier will need to be of quite large diameter. It will also need to be an achromatic doublet, to stand any chance of good-quality results. It will probably work best if of concavo-convex shape. An old binocular front lens might do, though not the right shape. You will probably have to crop the picture anyway, so any fall-off of quality towards the corners of the image won't really matter.
Anyway, that's one way of doing it.

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[B. Diddy]

Re: how to take pictures of small objects, macro photos in galaxy s5

Welcome to Android Central! See if this helps: How To Fix Samsung Galaxy S5 Macro Focus Problem – TechnoBezz

 

[belodion]

^^^I didn't know about that feature (and don't have an S5). That's a much better solution!
But I sometimes use the lens method with my Lumia 1020 which cannot focus very close.

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[Shawn kaller]

Re: how to take pictures of small objects, macro photos in galaxy s5

If you want to close shot.there is a Selective focus option disable it and capture the close shot.

 

[dkelly701]

There is a widget available called "Magnifier." Place it on one of your home screens and launch it. It will make you phone a magnifier that is zoomable. You can also take a picture while in this mode by pressing the "Capture" button. It actually works well.

Edit:

After I posted, I noticed the thread was 6 months old. Sorry.