I think Mark wasn't complaining about the fractions but about the "standard system" still being used in the USA. Funnily enough "standard" is not even a system. It is our European smug rant about how metric is so much better and easier to use. Just let us have it, will you?
It was written into US Federal Law in 1893; the customary units were defined in terms of the metric standard units, due to deterioration of the customary unit standards. I understand that the french refused to use metric units through most of the 1800s.
Fuck metric. Standard is easy, sounds better, and is not running with the pack. Standard/Imperial forever. People can use what they want. But acting snobish for metric is stupid.
There is a similar feature in Samsung phones too. It is quite hidden and only a widget called "Magnifier". The stabilizer definitely works better though.
Jack Houweling I also wasn't aware of this. Tried it measuring the blade width on my table saw. Wonder what else us woodworkers could use it for? Like that I can do a screen capture also.
marian voicu, don't know your phone/Andy version, and it isn't clear what you're tapping three times... on my Nexus 6P Andy 7.1.2, open camera, pinch the screen to open zoom, then either continue pinching or use slider that appears. And thanks for the tip!
That is a very handy tip! To add even more accuracy to the measurement of the rings on the pen; measure over several rings and divide by the number of rings. This way minimize the measurement error.
Very helpful when reading small print on coupons, pharmacy labels, paint cans, etc. Didn't know I had this feature on my phone. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
Jere - Just want to say thank you! I am a new subscriber and have throughly enjoyed poking around the great content on your channel. This is a very cool tip and useful feature on the iPhone. I will be using this in the shop, while antiquing and tonight in the ER. Love your channel. Keep up the awesome work.
thanks for the tip offs very clever uses of a smart phone app for macro measuring! i didnt know they had one that would do this! i will check my samsung galaxy s5 as this could be an apple only feature
I like using the three finger double tap to zoom in on anything. Whenever apps/videos won't allow to fill the screen and perfect for landscape recorded video that've been encoded as landscape.
Very useful. I have an android phone. I use the camera to take photos of fine print on products. Then zoom them up to make sure that they are compatible with the application. Some paints and stains do not like certain surfaces or even other coatings
I use a desk mounted magnifying lamp combo. Has a much higher rate then that shitting little hand held thing you had. Its really stable, don't need a can in the way, don't need to worry if the can is going to damage anything, or if the phone is going to fall off the can, I can adjust the magnifying by moving it, the arm allows me to look at thing not laying flat on the desktop, its just way better. This is just a couple things I came up with in a minute. Started using them when I started making my own circuit boards an had to surface mount components.
Now that bifocals are a part of daily living, I find that I frequently do something like this on my Android when I need to read labels that are too small, or need to remember a serial number to type it into my computer. Usually I just snap a photo and enlarge. I'll have to see if my phone also has optical zoom.
I find the iPhone valuable for work. Most of our part serial number labels are printed very small. In some cases the printing is also sloppy which causes the loops to fill in, so it can be hard to tell by eye the difference between say a 6 or 8? By taking a picture I can zoom it up to decipher the number better. Also it prevents having to write it down, and I have ready access later when doing my paperwork.
WOW Great idea, never thought of using it works, but you need a good light source. Used my 4yr old Android, no image stabilization and not quite the magnification, but it works. Works better on my wife's older fancier phone.
This may be a function of iOS 10.x, this works on my 6S Plus. The past few months I have shared this with many others, always they are amazed; now I do not have to carry one of those wallet magnifiers. Using the iPhone is faster, clearer, and sharper.
You can save the Magnifier photo if you want. Just hold your finger on the photo a few seconds and you get "Save Image" & "Share" buttons. When you touch the "Save Image" button, the picture is saved to your photo stream. I can't figure out WTH happens when you touch the Share button. I just get a blank section of screen?? I use this feature to photo my prescription eye drop bottles which I keep in a separate album on my phone. I can pull up the photo and enlarge it whenever I need to read that tiny print for any reason.
Sad to see so many comments saying "you need to use metric." Clearly they missed the point of the video. While metric does make sense and would be better globally to all be on the same system, absolutely nobody is going to change their entire use of units based on a youtube comment. Most Americans do also know how to use metric, and having 2 tools is always better than one. Clearly Jeremy knows what he's doing and the people trying to tell him otherwise are pathetic.
Thank you! Really I’m quite helpless in the choice of units. I’m not sure if people outside of this country don’t grasp that or what. I prefer metric, but I can’t just switch to using metric when everything the stores sell is imperial. Oh well.
I am confused about the last part, he said "if you ever watched a youtube video before, you know what i'll say next" but he never said it. so what is it that i am supposed to do?
+Hideki Shinichi Also make it zoom 3x times farther, add filters and accessibility features to make it easier to use, add a freeze feature instead of taking a picture to waste space, etc...
