Considering the focus (no pun intended) on quality photos on this forum members may be interested in these gadgets. Apologies if everyone else is well aware of them and I am just the last to catch on. I was browsing an electronics website the other day and came across this clip lens kit for smartphones and tablets. As it was only £3.99 I bought one out of interest but fully expecting it to be a cheap plastic novelty toy. It arrived this morning and the first thing that struck me is that it is actually very well made. The lens bodies appear to be made of metal and the lenses look reasonably like miniature versions of proper camera lenses. They seem like a real bargain at that price. The photo above is my first attempt with the macro lens on an iphone 5 taken in daylight on the window sill. This is as it came straight off the phone - not zoomed, edited or enlarged at all. I daresay with more time and effort I could improve the technique but not bad for the first try with a cheap bit of kit. I'm sure it can easily be tracked down via Google
Not bad at all. My son uses similar set up, different brand name but also with very decent results. Lots of time savings when compared to dealing with a DSLR set up.
I just got one of these last week. Also came with a relatively large telephoto clip on lens. Took this picture at Petra in Jordan: This was taken from pretty far away. Here is the same shot without the telephoto: Pictures were taken at about the same distance. Both with iPhone 6. The telephoto is surprisingly detailed, but distorted a bit near the edges. I can crop most of it out very easily. Not perfect, but what do you want for $5? Keeper. gatorcpa
Oh, dear. My invention -- the MacLoupe, is doomed (I haven't seen a loupe that sells for $6.00). And then there's that whole stickytape thing.
old camera lenses can be taped on also, BUT, you should use DUCK TAPE ( one of my inventions) to support the greater weight