The only camera I have left stinks!

I have an old HTC Inspire (basically an HTC Desire infected with AT&T) that is not connected with any cell service. I could go on and on about the many terrible features it has, but I will touch on one today.

It has an 8mp camera that is useless outside of its two to four meter bright outdoor light range. It is a big terd for shooting anything close up, indoor, or slightly low light. It always distorts color, focusing and exposure look like a bad guess, and using the completely useless built in flash puts a gigantic reflecting white spot in the middle of every single photo.

I have used this Tool of the Devil for all my project snapshots and I am very frustrated with it. I shoot about 10 to 30 pictures of the same thing to get one halfway visible one I can actually use.

The Makers Voigtländer Idea:

• Made for documenting projects
• Close up still camera (Thank you @davedarko)
• Webcam (Thank you @sjrand96)
• Time-lapse video
• Photo storage
• Workbench mount
• USB port

I will update a parts list as I find things:

• I have a dead laptop with a webcam in it.

I am still looking for ideas. Crazy thoughts welcome!