
Have a wider look on Olloclip and Moment Lens.

Overall, you'll probably have fun with these lenses, and you might be surprised at what your phone's camera is capable of with a few external additions. Episode 387 of the Lens Shark Photography Podcast Featured: Wedding and family photographer, Nancy Critchley In This Episode If you subscribe to the Lens Shark Photography Podcast, please take a moment to rate and review us to help make it easier for others to discover the show. The article below can help you to know deep details about two most popular iPhone lenses available in market. It feels more natural, and similar to how you would normally operate a camera. Swapping the lenses out is easy, and using the shutter button on the battery case is a welcome change from awkwardly fumbling with the phone trying to take a photo when in horizontal mode. The macro and fisheye lenses are probably the best example of giving your phone camera abilities that it didn't have before - the wide lens and tele lens weren't as impressive, but they still got the job done effectively. They're meant to make your phone camera more powerful, and they do a pretty good job at that. These lenses won't replace your DSLR camera, and they're not really supposed to either. However, carrying around just your phone and a few lenses is cheaper and easier than carrying a DSLR camera with lenses. These lenses are definitely a bit pricey, so they're not for everyone. Here are the results we got from the lenses: The cases let you attach a lens to either the 1x or 2x cameras on your phone, depending on how much additional zoom you want (Note: you'll have to manually switch which lens your phone is using in order for this to work).
MOMENT LENSES PLUS
To attach the lenses to your phone you'll need one of Moment's phone cases - we used the ' Battery Photo Case ($99.99) for the iPhone 8 Plus (cases for other phone models are available), which provides some backup battery charge to your phone, and it has a shutter button to allow you to easily capture photos without needing to tap your screen or volume button. We tried out Moment's 60mm tele lens($89.99), the 18mm wide lens ($99.99), the 'Superfish' fisheye lens ($89.99), and the macro lens ($89.99). Although phone cameras won't be replacing DSLRs anytime soon, Moment makes lenses that are designed to give your smartphone camera a wider array of possibilities, including macro, tele, and fisheye shooting. Moment, a mobile photography company, is trying to fill in the gaps where your phone camera falls short. These get the job done for most tasks, and they do it well, but sometimes it feels like there's something missing. Your phone probably only has two lenses at most - iPhones have one standard semi-wide lens (about 28mm), and a medium lens (about 56mm). Moment has several cases for sale and all of them are reasonably priced if you were already considering higher-end cases. This M-Mount as Moment calls it makes it easy-peasy to mount the lenses to the phone case. You can use a wide lens to capture as much of a scene as possible, or use a tele lens to get sharp, crisp shots of subjects far away. All of the Moment lenses require a case on your phone before they can mount. One of the advantages of having a standalone, DSLR camera is the ability to swap out lenses for different applications. However, there are still certain things mobile cameras can't do on their own. Unfortunately, the quality of the photos was below that of the competition, which is ultimately the reason for getting a premium lens.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. One of the company's enduring legacies is its inventive clip system, which not only makes it a cinch to attach lenses to your iPhone, but also lets you use the lenses with the iPhone's front camera.

Olloclip (opens in new tab) came in last. However, the cost of the lens and the case ties Olloclip for the most expensive, but unlike with Olloclip, you can't use the lens with the front camera. The photos it captured were nearly as good as ShiftCam's - you have to look close to spot the differences - and its bayonet-style mount was among the easiest to use for attaching the lens to the camera. However, we weren't fans of the screw mount, as it took much longer to take the lens on and off the case than with the other lenses.Ĭoming in third was Moment (opens in new tab). The quality of the photos we took using its lenses was on a par with that of ShiftCam's, and it had the best price among the competition - $100 gets you not only the lens, but also a case and a universal clip. While it's not the lowest-priced kit (you'll spend a little over $100 on the lens and the case), we liked the ease with which we could swap out the lenses, and the quality was top-notch on the photos taken using this lens.Ģnd Place: Sandmarc Telephoto Lens Edition 1st Place: ShiftCam 2.0 Telephoto ProLensĪfter we assigned points for each round, Shiftcam 2.0 came out the winner.
