I have something like this, bought years ago… probably here. It works… alright (no idea if it does with the newer multi-lens phones). I suspect it would be best for young kids/teens and/or someone just getting into the idea of photography.
@alacrity she might be thinking of the ‘amazing’ telephoto lens that also barely works
If you’re close enough to the neighbor to use the macro lens then it IS creepy
My Pixel 7 Pro has three cameras on the back. It’s far from the only phone like that. Somehow, I suspect phones like mine are part of the reason these got slid off to Meh to flog.
@werehatrack I could see it still being useful in some cases if it actually works. My phone has a dedicated macro lens, but the sensor behind it is so low res that that I almost always get better results from using the regular lens and not standing as close.
@troy@kelaiem@craigthom Touché, they are “glass.” But probably not the kind of glass you might find, say, in any (D)SLR camera. Kinda like the difference between glass and diamonds. I think the digital imaging artist in me dreads the look of the resulting phone pix in Photoshop. But <plugbell> I can fix pretty much any image, with alchemy!
@MrNews Possibly (even probably) better than the glass in many of the aftermarket lenses of years not that far in the past. Anybody else remember the late-60s Vivitar crap? Not quite decent sharpness, only mediocre contrast when shooting B&W, and don’t even think about color. Many of the old single-element 400mm fully-manual telephoto lenses were worse.
@richrauch The results are likely to impress the same sort of user who thought they got perfectly acceptable results from the old Instamatic 110 cameras.
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I have something like this, bought years ago… probably here. It works… alright (no idea if it does with the newer multi-lens phones). I suspect it would be best for young kids/teens and/or someone just getting into the idea of photography.
Also, cases make it hard for these to work/line up correctly.
@haydesigner it still works but to prevent the app from swapping lenses you can use an app with a more manual mode like Moment or Halide
@haydesigner @kelaiem could you put the macro lens over the macro camera?
@thechilipepper0 if you wanna rip a hole in the space-time continuum, sure…
@Pufferfishy @thechilipepper0 bingo
my neighbor’s wife says these are creepy.
@alacrity I think you’re doing it wrong if she can see them.
@alacrity she might be thinking of the ‘amazing’ telephoto lens that also barely works
If you’re close enough to the neighbor to use the macro lens then it IS creepy
My Pixel 7 Pro has three cameras on the back. It’s far from the only phone like that. Somehow, I suspect phones like mine are part of the reason these got slid off to Meh to flog.
@werehatrack I could see it still being useful in some cases if it actually works. My phone has a dedicated macro lens, but the sensor behind it is so low res that that I almost always get better results from using the regular lens and not standing as close.
@werehatrack it still works really well but you need a camera app that doesn’t automatically switch the lens on you like Halide or Moment
This was useful some time around the period when iPhone 4 through 6 came out.
Guess they’ll be twice as useful if you get two.
Yes, I really need to clamp an 89¢ plastic lens on my $1400 phone camera…
@MrNews it’s glass and works quite well (at least the macro one)
@kelaiem @MrNews I don’t see glass in the description. Did i miss it?
@MrNews Sir, these are $9.995 each and they are metal & glass lenses (plastic clip, though)
@MrNews @troy I bought it last time and it’s good!
@troy @kelaiem @craigthom Touché, they are “glass.” But probably not the kind of glass you might find, say, in any (D)SLR camera. Kinda like the difference between glass and diamonds. I think the digital imaging artist in me dreads the look of the resulting phone pix in Photoshop. But <plugbell> I can fix pretty much any image, with alchemy!
@MrNews Possibly (even probably) better than the glass in many of the aftermarket lenses of years not that far in the past. Anybody else remember the late-60s Vivitar crap? Not quite decent sharpness, only mediocre contrast when shooting B&W, and don’t even think about color. Many of the old single-element 400mm fully-manual telephoto lenses were worse.
“All About Expectations” practically shouted at me to set mine very low for this item. (Hard pass.)
@richrauch The results are likely to impress the same sort of user who thought they got perfectly acceptable results from the old Instamatic 110 cameras.
Here’s looking at you kid