title: Modifying a Polaroid camera for close-up documentation.
abstract: A standard plus-three-diopter trial lens held in front of the objective lens of an inexpensive Polaroid camera produces close-up photographs of acceptable quality. This simple technique can be used to inexpensively document indications for plastic surgery and provide medicolegal documentation. The 23-millimeter-diameter trial lens provided acceptable resolution, but reduced depth of field; it must be well-centered to avoid vignetting.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Calif.
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Wessels
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oeinck
mesh_terms: D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D010781:Photography / Q000379:methods*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic