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Had the same issue when first using my oneplus two. I personally use the Cozy Magnifier App
The UI is pretty ugly but all the basic functions are there. Has a torch toggle function and zooms, takes a bit of time to get the focus right for close ups but it's all I use the app for.
For the phone I like using an app called Cozy Magnifier. Seemed to work pretty well and it's got like a 16 or 32x zoom capability. Gotta keep it steady though, rest the edge of the phone on a stack of books or something. Here's one of the pics I took with it. I didn't have any dedicated lights, just put it on top of a desk near a window on a semi cloudy day.
Have you looked into your phone's built-in accessibility features? You can invert the colors for the entire phone and then use the built-in camera app.
As for standalone apps, I've used this app.
I'm also in my first run. But I would give your plant a few weeks to go.
I don't own anything to check my trych's but this app works good for me.
Have a great day
I have been using this app on my phone in lieu of a good scope:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hantor.CozyMag&hl=en
I can rest my phone on top of a coin box and it works pretty well. The only drawback is that it doesn't photograph while zoomed =/
Without knowing what phone you have, or what type of zooming you want, try this:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hantor.CozyMag&hl=en_GB as it gave me excellent results on my old s4 when I used it.
EDIT sorry ignore that, I'd just woke up and misread your post, got zoom and focus confused, unless you're trying to do macro style photos? This app does that.
I use this app for taking up close pictures.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hantor.CozyMag&hl=en_US&gl=US
Or if you have Android, this app (probably others on Android & iOS as well) make your phone into a loupe. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hantor.CozyMag
Mine takes photos while zoomed? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hantor.CozyMag
> Magnifier & Microscope [Cozy] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hantor.CozyMag&hl=en_US&gl=US